Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: sonnet
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1570)
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Ove son le promesse, ove la fede quando noi, ciechi, disarmati e soli, ci conducesti in questi oscuri regni? Son forse 'ste catene, forse i duoli, con ch'or ti cingi? Pazzo ch'in te crede. Donne, fate almen noi di pietà degni. |
Where are your promises, where is your faith when you lead us, blind, unarmed and alone into these dark realms? Perhaps these are the chains, perhaps the sorrows with which you now drape yourself? Mad be he who believes in you. O Ladies, at least make us worth of your pity. |