O fere stelle (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2023-06-24)  CPDL #74282:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-06-24).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: O fere stelle
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Jacopo Sannazaro
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAAAB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1588 in Il primo libro de madrigali a quattro, cinque et sei voci, no. 19
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

O fere stelle, omai datemi pace.
E tu fortuna muta il crudo stile;
Rendetemi a' pastori ed alle selve,
al cantar primo, a quelle usate fiamme:
Ch'io non son forte a sostenar la guerra
ch'Amor mi fa col suo spietato laccio.

English.png English translation

O savage stars, now grant me peace.
And you, Fortune, change your cruel ways;
Return me to the shepherds and the woods,
to primal singing, to those familiar fires:
For I am not strong enough to endure the war
that Love wages on me with his merciless trap.

Translation by Allen Garvin