Poet/poetic source: Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530)
Poetic form/text type: sestina
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Madrigali a4, 5, e 6 voci (Giacomo Vincenti, Italy, 1588)
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O fere stelle, omai datemi pace. E tu fortuna muta il crudo stile; Rendetemi a' pastori ed alle selve, al cantar primo, a quelle usate fiamme: Ch'io non son forte a sostenar la guerra ch'Amor mi fa col suo spietato laccio. |
O savage stars, now grant me peace. And you, Fortune, change your cruel ways; Return me to the shepherds and the woods, to primal singing, to those familiar fires: For I am not strong enough to endure the war that Love wages on me with his merciless trap. |