Chiara fontana (Orlando di Lasso)
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CPDL #33283: Finale 2004
- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2014-11-03). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 109 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Chiara fontana
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1557
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Chiara fontana in quel medesmo bosco
sorgea d'un sasso, et acque fresche et dolci
spargea, soavemente mormorando;
al bel seggio, riposto, ombroso et fosco,
né pastori appressavan né bifolci,
ma ninphe et muse a quel tenor cantando:
ivi m'assisi; et quando
piú dolcezza prendea di tal concento
et di tal vista, aprir vidi uno speco,
et portarsene seco
la fonte e 'l loco: ond'anchor doglia sento,
et sol de la memoria mi sgomento
English translation
In that same grove a crystal fountain sprang
from beneath a stone, and sprinkled
sweet fresh water, murmuring gently:
no shepherd or flocks ever approached
that lovely place, secret, shadowy and dark,
but nymphs and Muses singing to its tones:
there I sat: and while
I absorbed the sweetness of that harmony,
and of the sight, I saw a cave yawn wide,
and carry with it
the fountain and its site: so I feel the grief,
and the memory alone dismays me.