Ecco la primavera (Francesco Landini)

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Editor: Sabine Cassola (added 2003-07-31).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 104 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: #1 of two pieces

General Information

Title: Ecco la primavera
Composer: Francesco Landini

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: AT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description:

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Ecco la primavera,
Che’l cor fa rallegrare,
Temp’è d’annamorare
E star con lieta cera.

Noi vegiam l’aria e’l tempo
Che pur chiam’ allegria
In questo vago tempo
Ogni cosa vagheça.

L’erbe con gran frescheça
E fior’ coprono i prati,
E gli albori adornati
Sono in simil manera.

Ecco la primavera
Che’l cor fa rallegrare
Temp’è d’annamorare
E star con lieta cera.


English.png English translation

Spring has come apace
To waken hearts to gladness;
Time for lovers’ madness
And to wear a happy face.

The elements together
Are beckoning to mirth;
In this delightful weather,
Delight pervades the earth.

The grass in fresh rebirth
Helps meadows come a-flower,
And every branch and bower,
Is decked with kindred grace.

Spring has come apace
To waken hearts to gladness;
Time for lovers’ madness
And to wear a happy face.