Poet/poetic source: Aurelio Orsi (d.c.1591)
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Madrigali spirituali a 5 voci, libro primo (Alessandro Gardano press, Rome, 1584)
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Quasi vermiglia rosa umile รจ in se nascosa, sedea la bella donna in atti schivi, e in pensier casti e divi, quand' il ciel rise e fu mirabil cosa: ch'io vidi nel bel seno lampeggiar un sereno, che Dio direste in esso e ben fu Dio, che scendendo nel grembo, a lei s'unio. |
"[Like]" the nearly blossoming vermillion rose humbly concealed within itself, the beautiful lady sat with modest demeanor, and in thoughts chaste and holy, when heaven smiled, and it was a miraculous thing: for I saw upon her fair breast a serene flash of light that you would say was God, and it was indeed God, who, descending into her womb, joined with her. |