Al fin vid' io per entro (Orlando di Lasso)

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(Posted 2014-11-04) CPDL #33291:  Finale 2004

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2014-11-04).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 152 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Al fin vid' io per entro
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1557, Secondo libro delle muse, madrigali … con una canzone del Petrarca, 5vv (Rome)

Description: Part 6 of Standomi un giorno

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Italian text Alfin vid'io per entro i fiori et l'erba pensosa ir sí leggiadra et bella donna, che mai nol penso ch'i' non arda et treme: humile in sé, ma 'ncontra Amor superba; et avea indosso sí candida gonna, sí texta, ch'oro et neve parea inseme; ma le parti supreme eran avolte d'una nebbia oscura: punta poi nel tallon d'un picciol angue, come fior colto langue, lieta si dipartio, nonché secura. Ahi, nulla, altro che pianto, al mondo dura! Canzon, tu puoi ben dire: - Queste sei visioni al signor mio àn fatto un dolce di morir desio.

English translation Lastly I saw a lovely graceful lady go pensive among the flowers and grass, so I can’t think of her without burning, trembling: humble in herself, she was proud before Love: and she had on so white a gown, so woven it seemed gold mixed with snow: but the crown of her head was hidden by a dark mist: then, stung by a little snake in the heel, she bowed like a flower when picked, glad and confident to depart. Ah, nothing but weeping lasts in this world!   Song, you might well say: ‘These visions have given my lord a sweet desire to die.’