Fiume ch'à l'onde (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2023-04-30)  CPDL #73646:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-04-30).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 116 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2017-05-30)  CPDL #44766:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-05-30).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 521 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one note from F.

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Title: Fiume ch'à l'onde
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Antonio Ongaro

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1599 in Il nono libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 10
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Original text and translations

Italian text Fiume ch'à l'onde tue Ninfe e Pastori, Inviti con soave mormorio, Col cui consiglio il suo bel crin vid’ io, Spesso Fillide mia cinger di fiori, S'à i tuoi cristalli in sù l'estivi ardori, Sovente accrebbi lagrimando un rio, Mostrami per pietà l'idolo mio, Nel tuo fugace argento ond’ io l’honori. Ahi tu mel neghi: io credea crudi i mari, I fiumi nò, ma tu da lo splendore, Ch'in te si specchia ad esser crudo impari, Prodigo à te del pianto, à lei del core, Fui lasso e sono, e voi mi sete avari: Tu della bella imago, ella d’Amore.

English translation River that by your waves you invite Nymphs and Shepherds with your gentle murmur, under whose counsel I oft see my Phyllis's lovely hair crowned with flowers: if in your crystal waters in summer's heat, I added a stream with my tears, show me then, if but by pity, my idol that in your fleeting silver I might honor her. Alas, you deny it to me: I thought the seas were cruel, but not the rivers, but from the splendor reflected in you, you learn to be cruel; I gift you with my lament, and to her my heart, I was and I am bereft, and you both are miserly to me: you with her beautiful image, she with Love. Translation by Allen Garvin