Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
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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Sì potess'io morire nei vivi rai del mio bel sol al canto come io mi struggo in pianto, o dolce fin de l'aspro mio martire! Poi che lieto n'andrei a la morte cantando i dolor miei. |
If I could but die in the living rays of my beautiful sun while singing, even as I languish in tears, Oh a sweet end to my bitter torment! Then happily I would go to death, singing my laments. |