Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Luca Marenzio (c.1553-1599)
Music source: Il settimo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1595)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Questi vaghi concenti che gli augeletti intorno vanno temprando all'apparir del giorno sono, cred'io, d'amor desiri ardenti: sono pene e lamenti, e pur fanno le selve e'l ciel gioire al lor dolce languire. |
These lovely harmonies that the little birds all about are tempering at the break of day are, I believe, passionate desires of love: they are pains and laments, and yet they make the woods and heavens rejoice at their sweet languor. |