Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: sonnet
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Corona de' madrigali a 6 voci (Scotto press, Venice, 1579)
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Ben possono i Poeti ormai lasciare che'l sacro Apollo nei fioriti monti, stia solo all'ombra del suo verde lauro. Ben possono, Signor, di voi cantare facendovi immportal per gli orizonti sotto i quai giace il gran Mar Indo e Mauro. |
The Poets may surely now leave sacred Apollo on his flowering mountains, to remain alone in the shade of his green laurel. Well may they, my Lord, sing of you, making you immortal unto the horizons beneath which lie the great Indian and Moorish seas. |