Non vidi mai dopo notturna pioggia (Luca Marenzio)

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(Posted 2019-06-01) CPDL #54428:

Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2019-06-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edited from the 1592 edition.

(Posted 2013-01-17) CPDL #27846:

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2012-12-22). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 523 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

General Information

Title: Non vidi mai dopo notturna pioggia
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Madrigali a quattro voci, libro primo, no. 1
2nd published: 1590 in The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson) – English contrafact, no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Non vidi mai dopo nocturna pioggia
gir per l'aere sereno stelle erranti,
et fiammeggiar fra la rugiada e 'l gielo,
ch'i' non avesse i begli occhi davanti
ove la stancha mia vita s'appoggia,
quali io gli vidi a l'ombra di un bel velo;
et sí come di lor bellezze il cielo
splendea quel dí, così bagnati anchora
li veggio sfavillare, ond'io sempre ardo.
Canzoniere 127 (stanza 5, first 9 lines)

English translation

I never see the wandering stars
move through the calm air after night rain,
flaming more brightly among the dew and frost,
without seeing her eyes before me,
where the weariness of my life is soothed,
as I've seen them in the shadow of a lovely veil:
and as I saw the sky ablaze that day
with their beauty, so I see them still
sparkling through tears, so that I burn forever.
Translation by Anthony S. Kline ©