Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Giovanni de Macque (c.1548-1614)
Music source: Madrigali a 4, a 5 e 6 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1579)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Il vago e lieto aspetto che già lassa mirai, m'abbaglio sì che vinta ne restai; e si m'acces'il petto con dolce e viva fiamma, che l'alma a dramma a dramma nel tempo che l'avanza al viver poco, lieta si strugge in amoroso foco. |
The graceful and happy aspect that once, alas, I once beheld, dazzled me such that I was overcome; and it kindled my heart with a sweet and living flame, that my soul, bit by bit, in the little time it has left to live, joyfully is consumed in an amorous fire. |