Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il primo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1581)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Al suon delle dolcissime parole ed agli ultimi accenti ster queti e fermi i venti, e più chiaro e più si bel fece il sole, ond'ella come suole tornò a ridir: «non mi tolga il ben mio chi non arde d'amor come faccio io.» |
At the sound of her sweetest words and at her final phrases, the winds quieted and stilled, and the sun brighter and yet more beautiful, whereupon she, as be her wont, turned to speak again: 'Take not my love away, anyone who does not burn from love as I do.' |