Poet/poetic source: Girolamo Casoni (c.1528-1592)
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il primo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1574)
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Neve e Rose ha nel volto la nova mia angioletta, ond'io discerno primavera in un punto aprir col verno; Ma chi sia che le tocchi se fra la Neve e il foco e fra le Rose pungenti spine hai, lasso, Amor, nascose? Arda dunque chi in van se li avvicina, e punga il cor di velenosa spina. |
Snow and roses she has in her face, my new little angel, whence I discern spring which opens at the point with winter; But who is it that could touch them If among the snow is fire, and among the roses you have hidden prickly thorns, Love? He burns, then, who in vain approaches them And pierces his heart with poisonous thorn. |