Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Giuseppe Caimo (c.1545-1584)
Music source: Il secondo libro di canzonette a4 voci (Vincenzi press, Venice, 1584)
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Mentre il cuculo il suo cucu cantava: Lascia, dicea Amarilli lascia, Damon, tua Filli e corri in braccio! Corri, cor mio! Cucu non odi? Egli t’invita ed io. |
While the cuckoo was singing its "cuckoo": Leave, said Amaryllis, Damon, leave your Phyllis and run into my arms! Run, my heart! Don't you harken the cuckoo? He invites you, and I do too. |