Qual Cervo errando suole (Paolo Virchi)

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• (Posted 2023-02-11)  CPDL #72594:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-02-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Qual Cervo errando suole
Composer: Paolo Virchi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSAAB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text Qual Cervo errando suole fuggir saette o dardi io fuggiva i begli occhi e i dolci sguardi, Fra l'erbe e le viole, quando costei mi giunse e col suo viso non pur con le parole vita e morte mi dié così gradita: morte, perché diviso fui da me stesso, e vita perché l'alma felice è seco unita.

English translation As a Deer wandering is wont to flee arrows or darts, I fled her beautiful eyes and sweet glances, amidst the grasses and the violets, when she came to me, and with her visage, not simply her words, granted me life and death, so welcome: death, because I was divided from myself, and life because my happy soul is united with hers. Translation by Allen Garvin