Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Feliciani (d.1596)
Music source: Il primo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1579)
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Che nuova Cinthia è questa: che invece d'arco adopera le ciglia, e per i dardi i sguardi e per lacciuoli i crin de l'aurea testa; né caprioli o pardi ma gli uomini e gli Dei saetta e piglia. |
What is new about Cynthia is this: That instead of a bow she employs her eyelashes, and for arrows her glances, and for snares the golden locks of her head: Neither deer nor leopards but men and Gods are struck and brought down. |