Poet/poetic source: Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
Poetic form/text type: sonnet
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il terzo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Scotto press, Venice, 1585)
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Io, che forma celeste in terra scorsi, rinchiusi i lumi, e dissi: Ahi, come è stolto sguardo che 'n lei sia d'affisarsi ardito! Ma dell'altro periglio non m'accorsi: ché mi fu per l'orecchie il cor ferito e i detti andaro ove non giunse in volto. |
I, who glimpsed that celestial form on earth, closed my eyes, and said: Ah, how foolish is the glance that fixes boldly upon her. But of the other danger I was not quick to perceive: for it was through my ears my heart was wounded and what she said went where her face did not reach. |