Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Music source: Madrigali a6 voci, libro primo (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1583)
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La Ninfa allor, con voce ebra d'Amore, stringendoselo al petto, piena d'alto diletto disse: «Non far speranza del mio core, non mi far consumar a poco a poco: sia 'l colpo eguale, poiché egual è 'l foco!» |
The Nymph then, with a voice drunk on Love, pressed against his chest, full of deep delight said: 'Do not give [false] hope to my heart, do not make me spend myself little by little: let the blow be equal, since our fire is equal!' |