Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1580)
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Non ti sdegnar, o Filli, ch'io ti segua perché la tua bellezza in un momento fugge e si dilegua, e se pria che ti giunga aspra vecchiezza non cogli il frutto della tua beltate, potrai forse pentirti in altra etate. |
Scorn not, O Phyllis, that I pursue you, because your beauty in but a moment dissipates and fades away, and if, before bitter spinsterhood comes to you, you reap not the fruits of your beauty, mayhaps you will repent it at some other time. |