O tempo, o ciel volubil (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2018-06-13)  CPDL #50103:         

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2018-06-13).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 488 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one note from G-dorian.

General Information

Title: O tempo, o ciel volubil
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Madrigali novamente composti a 5 voci, no. 3

Description: There are two parts.

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Original text and translations

Italian text O tempo, o ciel volubil, che fuggendo Inganni i ciechi e miseri mortali, O dí veloci piu che vento e strali, Hora ab esperto vostre frodi intendo: Ma scuso voi, e me stesso riprendo, Che Natura a volar v’aperse l'ali, A me diede occhi et io pur ne' miei mali Li tenni, onde vergogna e dolor prendo. E sarebbe hora, et è passata homai, Di rivoltarli, in piú secura parte, E poner fine a gl'infiniti guai; Né dal tuo giogo, Amor, l'alma si parte, Ma dal suo mal; con che studio tu'l sai; Non a caso è virtute, anzi è bell'arte. (Canzoniere 355)

English translation O time, O fickle sky, that flickers by, deceiving blind and miserable mortals, O days swifter than arrows or the wind, now from experience I know your guile: but I excuse you, and blame myself, since Nature unfurled your wings for flight, gave eyes to me, and I held them fixed on my ills, from which came grief and shame. And I know the hour: it’s already past, for turning towards a more secure place, and putting an end to infinite pain: the soul does not leave your yoke, Love, but its own ills: with what labour you know: virtue comes not by chance, but by true art. (Translation: A.S.Kline)