Poet/poetic source: Giovanni Battista Guarini, Il Pastor Fido Atto III Scena 6
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il settimo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1595)
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Com'è dolce il gioire, o vago Tirsi, per gratissima Donna che t'adori quanto fai tu la tua crudele ed amarissima Amarilli; com'è soave cosa tanto goder quant'ami, tanto aver quanto brami; sentir che la tua donna ai tuoi caldi sospiri, caldamente sospiri, e dica poi: «Ben mio, quanto son, quanto miri, tutto è tuo. S'io son bella, a te solo son bella; a te s'adorna questo viso, quest'oro e questo seno; in questo petto mio alberghi tu, caro mio cor, non io». |
Sweet is the joy, oh handsome Tirsi, to the most grateful Lady who adores you, as much as you do to your cruel and most bitter Amaryllis; How sweet it is to enjoy as much as you love, to have as much as you desire; to feel that your lady at your ardent sighs, sighs ardently, and then says: my dear, as much as I am, as much as you see, all is yours. If I am beautiful, beautiful to you alone am I; for you is adorned this face, this gold [hair], and this bosom; in this breast of mine you dwell, my dear heart, not I. |