Ovunque volgi il piede (Casulana)
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Description
Source: Maddalena Casulana, Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Venice: Gardano, 1583)
Length: c. 03:15 mins.
Editors/copyright: Laurie Stras © 2023.
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Text and translation
Prima parte
Ovunque volgi il piede,
il Ciel ivi a Ragion benigno ride,
e s’indi poscia ei riede,
i fiori e l’erbe o ’l caldo o ’l ghiaccio ancide:
fermati, dunque, in queste parti alquanto,
sicché ’l humil mio dir ti honori e ’l canto.
Seconda parte
E se ciò fia, godrassi
per noi soave un dilettoso Maggio,
che chiaro il sol vedrassi
tener temprato l’alto suo viaggio:
meco cantando e i sacri Cigni approva,
Livia, lodar qual meraviglia nova.
Wherever you turn your step,
Heaven there, with Reason, kindly laughs,
and then afterwards, if he goes away,
the flowers and the grass are killed by heat or ice:
Stop, then, in this place for a while,
so that I may honour you with my humble speech and song.
And if that comes to pass, may you enjoy
through us a sweet and delightful May,
and may you see the bright sun,
holding tempered his high journey:
singing with me, and the sacred swans show,
Livia, to praise such a new marvel.
Translation © 2023 Laurie Stras
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