Ero così dicea (Giovanni Bernardino Nanino)

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• (Posted 2022-06-09)  CPDL #69637:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2022-06-09).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 328 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Ero così dicea
Composer: Giovanni Bernardino Nanino
Lyricist: Marcantonio Martinengo
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1588 in Il primo libro de madrigali, no. 9
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Original text and translations

Italian text Ero così dicea Ch'era il suo Amor nell'acque ed ell'ardea: Onde lucenti e chiare Che le candide membra, e il vago viso Dolce baciate del mio ben Narciso; Ite superbe al Mare, Che si ricco tesor, si care spoglie, Il vostro grembo accoglie; Ch'andrei superba anch'io Se tenessi qual voi l'Idolo mio. Marcantonio Martinengo

English translation Hero thus spoke, when her love was in the water and she yearned: O waves shining and clear, that sotly kiss the lovely face and the beautiful limbs of my handsome Narcissus, go proudly to the Sea where your bosom gathers so rich a treasure, so dear a form. For I, too, would proudly go if I, like you, might hold my Idol. Translation Harry B. Lincoln