Poet/poetic source: Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Rota (c.1553-1597)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1589)
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Sovra un lucido rio si dolea per Amore un pastorel mirando il suo bel viso: «Perché,» diceva, «anch'io non mi converto in fiore, benché non ami come fé Narciso, ch'in quella forma almeno mi raccorrebbe la mia Donna in seno?» |
Above a glistening stream a shepherd lamented for Love, gazing at his handsome face: 'Why,' he said, 'am I not also transformed into a flower, though I do not love as Narcissus did, for in that form at least my Lady would gather me to her breast? |