Hawthorne Early Music editions: Canzoniere 156

I' vidi in terra angelici costumi

Canzoniere #156 (CLVI)

Poetic form: sonnet


I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
et celesti bellezze al mondo sole,
tal che di rimembrar mi giova et dole,
ché quant'io miro par sogni, ombre et fumi;

et vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi,
ch'àn fatto mille volte invidia al sole;
et udì' sospirando dir parole
che farian gire i monti et stare i fiumi.

Amor, Senno, Valor, Pietate, et Doglia
facean piangendo un più dolce concento
d'ogni altro che nel mondo udir si soglia;

ed era il cielo a l'armonia sì intento
che non se vedea in ramo mover foglia,
tanta dolcezza avea pien l'aere e 'l vento.
 I saw angelic virtue on earth
and heavenly beauty on terrestrial soil,
so I am sad and joyful at the memory,
and what I see seems dream, shadows, smoke:

and I saw two lovely eyes that wept,
that made the sun a thousand times jealous:
and I heard words emerge among sighs
that made the mountains move, and halted rivers.

Love, Judgement, Pity, Worth and Grief,
made a sweeter chorus of weeping
than any other heard beneath the moon:

and heaven so intent upon the harmony
no leaf was seen to move on the boughs,
so filled with sweetness were the wind and air.


All translations copyrighted by A.S. Kline, and are used with explicit permission.

ComposerTitleSubtitleLanguagePartsFiles
Adrian Willaert (c.1490-1562) I' vidi in terra angelici costumi Prima parte italian 6 Score + parts                              
Adrian Willaert (c.1490-1562) Amor, Senno, Valor, Pietate, et Doglia Seconda parte italian 6 Score + parts                              
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585) I' vidi in terra angelici costumi Prima parte italian 5 Score + parts                              
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585) Amor, senno, valor, pietate, e doglia Seconda parte italian 5 Score + parts