Poet/poetic source: Maffio Venier (1550-1586)
Poetic form/text type: canzonetta
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Paradiso musicale: madrigali di diversi a 5 voci (Phalèse press, Antwerp, 1596)
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Bascia e ribascia e sugge; Mira, rimira e gode; Del gran piacer si strugge; e li par sogno e frode. Ogni spirto, ogni vena ha di dolcezza incomprensibil piena. |
He kisses and kisses again and sips; He gazes and gazes again and savors; From great pleasure he melts; and it seems to him a dream, a deceit. Every breath, every vein is incomprehensibly full of sweetness. |