Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
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)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Deh, se potessi anch'io così dolce dolermi per questi poggi solitari ed ermi, che quella a cui piacer sola desio gradisce il pianger mio. Io bramerei sol per piacer a lei, eterni i pianti miei. |
Ah, if I too could weep so sweetly amidst these solitary and lonely hills, that she to whom I desire to alone please would welcome my weeping. I would yearn only to please her, [with] my eternal plaints. |