Girate occhi, girate (Angelo Notari)

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• (Posted 2016-11-26)  CPDL #42091:        (Finale 2012)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2016-11-26).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2004-09-11)  CPDL #07854:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2004-09-11).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Girate Occhi girate
Composer: Angelo Notari

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicings: SS or SA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1613 in Musiche nuove, no. 6
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Original text and translations

Italian text Girate occhi, girate A miei che tanto pregano Gli sguardi che non piegano Giamai verse pietate Che se da lor si tolgono Occhi, a ragion si dolgono. In sul mattin d’Aprile Quando i nembi tranquillano Fresche rose sfavillano D’un vermiglio gentile E così dolce odorano Che zeffiro inamorano. Vergini peregrine Come lor s'avvicinano, Così liete destinano Farne corono al crine; Al crine, onde incatenano I cor, ch'a morte menano.

English translation Turn your eyes, oh turn them to mine, that long so much for the glances they can never soften with compassion, and, if they tear themselves away, my eyes must fill with tears. On April mornings when rainclouds have dispersed, fresh roses sparkle, softly crimson, and so fragrant is their scent that Zephyr falls in love with them. Lovely girls, when they espy them, joyfully resolve to weave them into garlands for their hair, garlands with which they bind our hearts and lead us to death.