Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1570)
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Non vedi o sacr'Apollo com'a gran torto quella benedetta anima langue e'l tuo soccorso aspetta? Vien, dolcissimo Iddio, ch'a mortal mano sanar costei non lice, ch'è sol da invidia d'alti numi offesa. La sua rara bellezza è sol radice col valor sopra umano del rio languir: o grata e bell'impresa fia la tua, se difesa avrà da te questa alma benedetta, ch'a torto langue e tuo soccorso aspetta. |
Do you not see, O sacred Apollo, how much wrongly that blessed soul langishes, and awaits your aid? Come, sweetest God, for by human hand it is not possible to heal her, for she is harmed solely by the envy of high gods. Her rare beauty is the sole cause, with her superhuman valor of her cruel languishing: O, welcome and beautiful will be your feat, if this blessed soul shall have been defended by you, for it languishes unjustly, and awaits your succor. |