Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Cipriano de Rore (c.1516-1565)
Music source: La ruzina di diversi a 6 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1591)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Lieta vivo e contenta dapoi che'l mio bel sole mi mostra i chiari raggi come suole; Ma così mi tormenta s'io lo veggio sparire che più tosto vorrei sempre morire. |
I live happily and content for as long as my handsome sun shows me his right rays as usual; But it torments me so if I see him vanish that I would prefer to die endlessly. |