Qual donna attende a gloriosa fama (Cipriano de Rore)

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CPDL #16295:  [ ] Finale-2007

Editor: Paul R Marchesano (added 2008-03-04).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 216 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: transposed up minor third for mixed voicing

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Title: Qual donna’attende a gloriosa fama
Composer: Cipriano de Rore

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: Italian
Instruments: a capella
Published: 1548

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Original text and translations

Italian text Qual donna’attende a gloriosa fama Di seno, di valor, di cortesia, Miri fiso ne gli occhi a quella mia Nemica che mia donna il mondo chiama. Come s’acquist’honor come Dio s’ama, Come giont’honestà con leggiadria, Ivi s’impara e qual è dritta via Di gir al ciel, che lei aspett’e brama. Ivi’l parlar che nullo stil agguaglia, E’l bel tacere e suoi santi costume Ch’ingegn’human non può spiegar in carte. L’infinita bellezza ch’altrui abbaglia Non vi s’impara che quei dolci lumi, S’acquistan per ventura, e non per arte, e non per arte.

English translation Doth any maiden seek the glorious fame Of chastity, of strength, of courtesy? Gaze in the eyes of that sweet enemy Whom all the world doth as my lady name! How honor grows, and pure devotion's flame, How truth is joined with graceful dignity, There thou mayst learn, and what the path may be To that high heaven which doth her spirit claim; There learn soft speech, beyond all poet's skill, And softer silence, and those holy ways Unutterable, untold by human heart. But the infinite beauty that all eyes doth fill, This none can copy! since its lovely rays Are given by God's pure grace, and not by art.