Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Alberto dall'Occa (fl.1580s-90s)
Music source: I lieti amanti di diversi (Vincenzi & Amadino press, Venice, 1586)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Addio, mio dolce Aminta. Bella mia Silvia, addio, disse sovra un bel rio pastor afflitto, afflitta pastorella, ei sospirando ed ella. E'l dividersi solo era cagion del duolo, ché partendo ambo ne' più freschi albori, si diviser da lor gli accesi cori. |
Farewell, my sweet Aminta. My lovely Sylvia, farewell, he said by a lovely stream A shepherd, grief-stricken, a grief-struck shepherdess, he sighing, and she as well. And their separation alone was the cause of their sorrow, because both in parting amidst the springtime trees, their passionate hearts were divided asunder. |