Yup! I totally agree with that and this is also my view on the song and personal interpretation, but allow me to add that many interpretations are possible, you can bring a melancholic/serious tone to it as long as you make sense of it :) Cecilia Bartoli does a more heavy version and I don't have any doubt that she understands the lyrics..
Thank you for your lovely comments. This was from my first year recital last year. My name is Erin Holmes and I am a Soprano from Adelaide, Australia. I love this piece, so much fun to perform.
Se tu m'ami, se tu sospiri Sol per me, gentil pastor Ho dolor dei tuoi martiri Ho diletto del tuo amor Ma se pensi che soletto Io ti debba riamar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Facilmente a t'ingannar Bella rosa porporina Oggi Silvia sceglierà Con la scusa della spina Doman poi la sprezzerà Doman poi la sprezzerà Ma degli uomini il consiglio Io per me non seguirò Non perché mi piace il giglio Gli altri fiori sprezzerò Se tu m'ami, se tu sospiri Sol per me, gentil pastor Ho dolor de' tuoi martiri Ho diletto del tuo amor Ma se pensi che soletto Io ti debba riamar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Facilmente a t'ingannar
My teacher told me I’m singing this for solo and ensemble, and I’ve been practicing for the past 25 minutes, and you’ve already helped so much! Thank you!!
ENGLISH (I’m doing this for my districts solo! Hopefully get into state!) If you love me, if you sigh for me, gentle shepherd, your pain hurts me, yet I delight in your love. But if you think that I must return my love only to you, then, shepherd boy, you are easily deceived. A beautiful purple rose Silvia will choose today - because of its thorns, she will despise it tomorrow. But men's advice I will not follow. Just because I love the lily, I will not despise the other flowers.
I'm italian. It's not Pergolesi, but an Alessandro Parisotti's prank (XIX century). A perfect imitation of a XVIII's aria. Parisotti was probably gay. In the the text a young man, not a woman, spoke to a shepherd who loves him!
I'm a contralto and like to sing this too. I change soletto to soletta, and from research I did I believe the text was older, if not the music, and it should have been Silvio not Silvia, because it's talking about what men typically do, then the singer says they won't follow men's advice/example. The image of choosing a beautiful rose also conventionally fits more logically with a woman.
Oh my, I finally found the song I learned in voice lessons as a teenager from my Italian voice teacher. I remember the entire first verse even though I had no idea what it meant. She does a great job with it!
I find it strange that the singer’s name is often not mentioned in RU-vid videos. There are hundreds of songs and arias on this platform but the the thing that sets them apart from each other is how they are sung and who they are sung by. This girl is lovely, who is she? She deserves the credit.
Se você me ama, se você suspirar Só para mim, pastor gentil, Eu tenho dor de seus mártires, Me delicio no seu amor, Mas se você pensa que sozinho Eu devo te amar de novo, Pastorzinho, você está sujeito Para te enganar facilmente. Linda rosa roxa Hoje Silvia vai escolher, Com a desculpa do plug Doman então irá desprezá-la. Mas o conselho dos homens Eu por mim não vou seguir. Não porque eu gosto do lírio As outras flores eu desprezarei.
Se tu m'ami, se tu sospiri Sol per me, gentil pastor Ho dolor dei tuoi martiri Ho diletto del tuo amor Ma se pensi che soletto Io ti debba riamar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Facilmente a t'ingannar Bella rosa porporina Oggi Silvia sceglierà Con la scusa della spina Doman poi la sprezzerà Doman poi la sprezzerà Ma degli uomini il consiglio Io per me non seguirò Non perché mi piace il giglio Gli altri fiori sprezzerò Se tu m'ami, se tu sospiri Sol per me, gentil pastor Ho dolor de' tuoi martiri Ho diletto del tuo amor Ma se pensi che soletto Io ti debba riamar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Pastorello, sei soggetto Facilmente a t'ingannar Facilmente a t'ingannar
