Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2017-06-16)  CPDL #45005:          (Finale 2014)
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-06-16).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 162 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Angelo Grillo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSAAB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in L'ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 11
Description: Possibly composed for the Concerto delle Donne; hence SSAAB voicing.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori,
Fur già Ninfe e Pastori,
Et hor de miei pensieri,
Son muti messaggieri.
Deh, mentre voi pietosa,
Volgete gl'occhi à la lor sorte ria,
Pietà vi mova de la doglia mia.

English.png English translation

These graceful fragrant flowers
were once nymphs and shepherds,
and now are mute envoys
of my thoughts.
Ah! May you, full of compassion,
when you turn your eyes to their hard fate,
be [also] moved by pity for my pain.

Translation by Campelli