Poet/poetic source: Giusto de Conti (1390-1449)
Poetic form/text type: terza rima
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Venice, 1582)
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Itene all’ombra degli ameni faggi, pasciute pecorelle, omai che’l sole sul mezzo giorno indrizza i caldi raggi. Ivi udirete l’alte mie parole lodar gli occhi sereni e treccie bionde le mani e le bellezze al mondo sole; Mentre il mio canto e’l mormorar dell’onde s’accorderanno e voi di passo in passo ite pascendo fiori, erbette e fronde. |
Go under the shade of the pleasing beeches, O well-grazed sheet, now that the sun in mid-day sends its hot rays. There you will hear my lofty words laud her serene eyes and blond tresses, her hands and beauties, unique to the world; while my song and the murmering of the waves join in harmony, and you step by step go grazing on flowers, grasses and leaves. |