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La pastorella mia

Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal

Music composer: Ippolito Sabino (c.1550-1593)
Music source: Il settimo libro de madrigali a 5 e 6 voci (Giacomo Vincenti press, Venice, 1589)

Original ItalianTranslation
La pastorella mia,
amorosetta e pia,
mi disse: eccoti il core
in premio del tuo amore.
Allor io corsi ad abbracciarla e lei
lontan se ne fuggì da gli occhi miei.
My shepherdess,
lovely and devout,
said to me: here is my heart
in reward for your love.
Then I ran to embrace her and she
fled away, far from my sight.

Link to musical piece: La pastorella mia