Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: None
Music composer: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
Music source: Il decimo libro de madrigali a5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1591)
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Tu canti e canto anch'io, augelletto soave, ma il tuo cantar e'l mio una stessa cagion, lassa, non ave. D'allegrezza il tuo canto nasce: il mio di desire di celare il martire che mi consuma e l'angoscioso pianto. |
You sing and I also sing, sweet little bird, but your song and mine alas, do not have the same cause. From joy your song is born: mine of longing to conceal the torment and the anguished weeping that consumes me. |