Artifex mirus / Erano i capei d'or (Giovanni Maria Nanino)

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Editor: Jens Peter Jacobsen (submitted 1998-12-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 101 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: originally madrigal, sacred text added

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Title: Artifex mirus / Erano i capei d'or
Composer: Giovanni Maria Nanino
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genres: Secular & Sacred, Madrigal

Languages: Latin, Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Coppini edition (1607)

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Original text and translations

Latin text Artifex mirus es aeterne Deus Tu cardines coelorum solidasti Tu mumen fulgens tribuisti Soli & Lunae cursum circum terrae globum Tu Iridem formasti discolorem. Per te facti sunt rores & pruinae Terra gramine per te conuestitur Labuntur aquae montibus o pacis. Italian text Erano i capei d’oro a l’aura sparsi Che’n mille dolci nodi gl’avolgea E’l vago lume oltra misura ardea Di quai begl’occhi c’hor ne son si scarsi; E’l viso di pietosi color farsi Non so se vero o falso mi parea. I’ che l’esca amorosa al petto havea Qual meraviglia se di subit’arsi. Canzoniere 90 (part)

English translation She let her gold hair scatter in the breeze that twined it in a thousand sweet knots, and wavering light, beyond measure, would burn in those beautiful eyes, which are now so dim: and it seemed to me her face wore the colour of pity, I do not know whether false or true: I who had the lure of love in my breast, what wonder if I suddenly caught fire? tr. Anthony S. Kline © English translation requested