Qual di voi siede, o Muse (Giovanni Croce)

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  • (Posted 2022-05-11)  CPDL #69174:         
Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-05-11).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 152 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Qual di voi siede, o Muse
Composer: Giovanni Croce
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Madrigali a cinque voci libro primo, no. 1
    2nd published: 1605 in Giardino novo I (Melchior Borchgrevinck), no. 16
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Qual di voi siede, o Muse, à darmi aita,
Mentr’il mio cor v’invita?
Ma s’ogn’una di voi venir ricusa,
Venga Madonn’almen, novella Musa;
Nè porti seco vaso
pien d’acqua di Pegaso,
Ne colga verdi fronde
Nel cui cerchio la fronte mi circonde:
Corona d’altro io non vo che mi faccia,
Che sol delle sue belle e dolce braccia.

German.png German translation

Welche von euch, o Musen, geruht mir zu helfen,
wenn mein Herz euch dazu aufruft?
Aber wenn ihr euch alle zu kommen weigert,
dann möge zumindest meine Herrin kommen, eine neue Muse;
sie soll nicht bei sich tragen ein Behältnis
gefüllt mit dem Wassers des Pegasus,
sie sammle nicht grüne Blätter,
mit derem Kranz sie mir die Stirn umgibt:
ich möchte nicht, dass sie mir eine andere Krone mache,
als allein die aus ihren schönen und zarten Armen.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt
English.png English translation

Which of you, oh muses, deigns to help me,
if my heart calls for it?
But if all you refuse to come,
then at least my lady may come, a new muse;
she shall not carry with her a vessel
full of the water of Pegasus,
she shall not collect green leaves
to crown my front with a circle of them:
I wouldn’t have her make me any other crown
than the one made of her beautiful and soft arms.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt