Madonna, s'io v'amai (Adrian Willaert)

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(Posted 2023-06-29) CPDL #74399: (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-06-29). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 93 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Madonna, s'io v'amai
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: AATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1559 in Il secondo libro de le Muse a cinque voci (Venice: Gardano), no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Madonna, s'io v'amai,
fu con pensier di non lasciarvi mai,
e di tanta mia fede
sperava pur da voi degna mercede;
Ma poi che'l vostro core
ha cangiato lo mio per altro amore,
io ne son ben contento,
ché non di fiamma non, anzi di vento
Son'i vostri desir e vostra fede:
Infinita miseria a chi vi crede.

English translation

My Lady, if I loved you,
it was with the thought to never leave you,
and for my great devotion
I had hoped for a worthy recompense from you;
But since your heart
has changed out mine for another love,
I am truly content,
for your desires and your faith
are born not of flame, instead from a fleeting breeze;
Infinite misery [comes] to whoever believes in you.

Translation by Allen Garvin