Io mi son giovinetta (Domenico Maria Ferrabosco)

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General Information

Title: Io mi son giovinetta
Composer: Domenico Maria Ferrabosco

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Io mi son giovanetta e volontieri

M'allegro e canto en la stagion novella,

Merzé d'amore e de' dolci pensieri.

Io vo pe' verdi prati riguardando

I bianchi fiori, e' gialli,

Le rose in su le spine, ei bianchi gigli,

E tutti quanti gli vo somigliando

Al viso di colui ch'amandomi,

ch'amandomi mi presa terrà sempre.

English translation

I am a young girl, and I like

To be merry and sing in the new season (spring),

Thanks love and sweet toughts.

I go through the green meadows, looking

At the flowers, white and yellow,

At the roses over the thorns, at the white lilies,

And more and more they look to me like

The face of whom, loving me,

Loving me will catch me and hold me forever.