Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Alessandro Striggio (c.1536-1592)
Music source: Il primo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Antonio Gardano press, Venice, 1560)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Degno che dotte istorie e colti carmi Cantino la tua gloria Tal che non celi ne l'oscuro fondo Lete l'illustre tua alta memoria Degno che fatto al tuo valor secondo Stenda le braccia del tuo giust'impero Dovunque copre il gran nostre emispero. |
Worthy such that learned histories and cultivated poems sing of your glory, so that it does not hide in the obscure depths the happy and illustrious revered memory of you, worthy that, as is just to your valor, the arms of your just empire extend wherever extends our great hemisphere. |