Perche lasciasti (lauda) (Anonymous)
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- CPDL #30734:
- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2013-12-07). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 36 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Source: Il quinto libro delle laudi spirituali a 3 & 4 voci del Reverendo P. Francesco Soto (name of compiler), published Baldini, Ferrara, 1598, Folio 46-47. As the canto secondo is nearly always pitched higher than the canto primo, the secondo appears as the top stave of the score.
General Information
Title: Perche lasciasti (lauda)
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Sacred, Lauda
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1598
Description: Source: Il quinto libro delle laudi spirituali a 3 & 4 voci del Reverendo P. Francesco Soto (name of compiler), published Baldini, Ferrara, 1598, Folio 46-47.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Perche lasciasti il ciel Giesù mio buono
Ove è’l tuo throno, e qual desir ti mena
A patir pena in terra, e fier dolore?
- Mi spinse Amore.
Chi ti fa pianger sì dirottamente
Com’huom dolente cui gran doglia opprime
Qual’ aspre lime rodono il tuo core?
- Pietà e Amore.
Chi ti ristrinse in fascie, ò verbo eterno
In mezzo’l verno te, che nel ciel serra,
non che la terra, ò novo alto stupore?
- M’avvinse Amore.
Chi ti minaccia dar ferite, e morte
O guerrier forte, e chi tanto si fida
Chi ti disfida e già con l’arme è fuore?
- L’ardito Amore.
English translation
<poem>Gentle Jesus, why did you come down from Heaven,
where you have your throne, and why did you take it upon you
to suffer cruel pain on Earth?
– I was moved by Love.
Who makes you weep so uncontrollably,
like a man in unbearable torment?
Tell me the source of your anguish.
– Pity and love.
Who bound you, eternal word,
in the midst of a tempest, whose place is in Heaven,
not on Earth, a mystery impenetrable?
– I was overcome by Love.
Who threatens to wound and kill you,
strong warrior, who is so bold,
who challenges you and stands ready with his weapons?
– Bold Love.