Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Giovanni Battista Mosto (c.1550-1596)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Vincenci press, Venice, 1584)
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Dolci labbra rosate, ove scherzando Amor quando più verna raccoglie tra bei fior dolcezz'eterna: Mentre pietà v'apria rose beate con un soave riso mi parve riveder il paradiso. |
Sweet rose-tinted lips where Love, frolicking in fullest spring, gathers eternal sweetness from fair flowers: While pity opened you, O blessed roses, with a gentle smile, I seemed to glimpse paradise. |