Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Venice, 1582)
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Ma voi, caro ben mio, caso che’l corpo poca terra chiuda, sarete mai sì cruda di non darmi un sospir cortese e pio? Fate che la mercede sia quella almen della mia pura fede. |
But you, my dearest, if by hap my body by a bit of earth be covered, Will you ever be so cruel so as to grant me a sigh, courteaous and pious? Give me that mercy that at least matches my pure faith. |