Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: ottava rima
Music composer: Benedetto Pallavicino (c.1551-1601)
Music source: Il primo libro de' madrigali a 6 voci (Vincenti press, Venice, 1587) (1606 Phalese ed. used)
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In boschi, Ninfa; in Scena, Diva è Dea; in abito di maschio, il bel Narciso; in teatro, l'istessa Citerea sembra Diana col leggiadro viso. Fenice è in aria, or Dori, or Galatea, si mostra al Mar, in terra un Paradiso. Ne scopre, è tutta grazia, è tutt'amore: Or chi la mira e non le don'il core? |
In the woods, a Nymph; on the stage, the Goddess is Divine; in the garments of a man, the fair Narcissus; in the theater, the self-same Cytherea appears as Diana with her lovely face. A Phoenix in the air, nor Dori, now Galatea, she shows herself to the Sea, on earth a Paradise. From this she reveals herself, she is all grace, all love: Now, who beholds her and does not give her their heart? |