Poet/poetic source: Girolamo Casoni (c.1528-1592)
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali à 5 (Raverii press, Venice, 1590; 1607 ed. used)
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Non giacinti o narcisi ma piccioletti fior siamo, che Amore manda a voi, di beltà candido fiore. O se il sol de’ vostri occhi pur un poco ne tocchi, saran vil alghe poi e narcisi e giacinti a fronte a noi! |
Neither hyacinths or daffodills, but mere pretty little flowers are we, which Love, that innocent flower of beauty, sends to you. Or if the sun of your eyes touches us but a little then they both would be base seaweeds, daffodils and hyacynths, in contrast to us! |