Poet/poetic source: Giovanni Battista Zuccarini (1550-?)
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Music source: Il Trionfo di Dori (Gardano press, Venice, 1592)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Or ch'ogni vento tace e sol fresca aura spira in queste fronde, che dolcemente tempr'il caldo estivo, sediam qui tutti in pace; e al mormorar dell'onde di questo chiaro rilucente rivo, cantiam ninfe e pastori: «Viva la bella Dori!» |
Now that every wind quietens and only a cool breeze blows through these leaves, which gently tempers the hot summer, let us all sit here in peace; and to the murmur of the waves of this clear, shimmering stream, let us sing, Nymphs and Shepherds: Long live fair Dori! |