Vergine chiara (Cipriano de Rore)

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Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-07-18).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Alto part is in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Vergine chiara
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1548

Description: The sixth stanza of Petrarca's Vergine poem.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Vergine chiara et stabile in eterno,
di questo tempestoso mare stella,
d'ogni fedel nocchier fidata guida,
pon' mente in che terribile procella
i' mi ritrovo sol, senza governo,
et ò già da vicin l'ultime strida.
Ma pur in te l'anima mia si fida,
peccatrice, i' no 'l nego,
Vergine; ma ti prego
che 'l tuo nemico del mio mal non rida:
ricorditi che fece il peccar nostro,
prender Dio per scamparne,
humana carne al tuo virginal chiostro.