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{{Language|Italian}}
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{{Instruments|A cappella}}
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{{Published|1557|in ''{{NoCo|Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci}}''|no=19}}
{{Published|1557|in ''{{NoCo|Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci}}''|no=20}}


'''Description:''' Sonnet 241
'''Description:''' Sonnet 241

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  • (Posted 2015-05-13)  CPDL #35390:          (Finale 2014)
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2015-05-13).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 555 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: L'alto signor dinanzi a cui non vale
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Sonnet 241

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Original text and translations

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L’alto signor dinanzi a cui non vale
 nasconder né fuggir, né far difesa,
 di bel piacer m’avea la mente accesa
 con un ardente et amoroso strale;

E benche’l primo colpo aspro e mortale
 fossi da sé, per avanzar sua impresa
 una saetta di pietate à presa,
 e quince e quindi il cor punge et assale.
 
L’una piaga arde e versa foco e fiamma;
 lagrime l’altra che’l dolor distilla,
 per gli occhi miei, del vostro stato rio:

né per dui fonti sol una favilla
 rallenta de l’incendio che m’infiamma,
 anzi per la pietà, cresce’l desio.