Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Jachet de Berchem (c.1505-1567)
Music source: Il primo libro di madrigali d'Arcadelt a4 voci (Venice, 1539)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Sapete, amanti, perché amore è cieco? Perché mirando fiso gli occhi sereni di madonna meco, ella, col suo bel viso e col divin splendore, tolse a lui gli occhi ed a me tolse il core. |
Lovers, do you know why love is blind? Because with me, gazing intently into the serene eyes of my lady, she, with her beautiful vissage and with her divine splendor, took from him his eyes and from me my heart. |