Ombrose e care selve (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2024-12-27)  CPDL #83223:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-12-27).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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  • (Posted 2020-03-14)  CPDL #57508:         
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-03-14).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1595 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: Ombrose e care selve
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1595 in Il settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 21
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Ombrose e care selve,
Se sospirando in flebili susurri
Al nostro lamentar vi lamentaste,
Gioite anco al gioire, e tante lingue
Sciogliete quante frondi
Scherzano al suon di queste
Piene del gioir nostro aure ridenti.
Cantate le venture e le dolcezze
D’Amarilli e di Tirsi
Avventurosi amanti.

English.png English translation

Dear, shadowy woods,
if sighing in mournful murmurs
at our lament, you lamented,
then take joy too at our rejoicing, and loosen
as many tongues as there are boughs,
delighting at the sound of these
laughing breezes, full of our joy.
Sing the destinies and delights
of Amaryllis and Tirsi,
fortunate lovers.

Translation by Allen Garvin