Vergine bella (anon, Biffoli-Sostegni)
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Description
Source: Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript, Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal, MS 27766
Transposition: none.
Difficulty: medium
Length: 01:52 mins.
Editor/copyright: Laurie Stras © 2023.
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Text and translation
Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere 366
Vergine bella, che di sol vestita,
coronata di stelle, al sommo Sole
piacesti si, che’n te Sua luce ascose.
Amor mi spinge a dir di te parole:
ma non so ‘ncominciar senza tu’ aita,
et di Colui ch’amando in te si pose.
Invoco lei che ben sempre rispose,
chi la chiamò con fede:
Vergine, s’a mercede
miseria extrema de l’humane cose
già mai ti volse, al mio prego t’inchina,
soccorri a la mia guerra,
bench’i’sia terra, et tu del ciel regina.
Lovely Virgin, clothed with the sun,
crowned with stars, you so pleased the high
Sun that he hid his own light in you. Love
urges me to have a word with you: but I
cannot begin without your help, and the
help of Him who placed himself lovingly in
you. I call on Her who always responds
positively to those who call on Her with
faith. Virgin, if you are always willing to
take extreme misery away from the human
condition, then incline yourself to my
prayer; help me in this war, though I am
on earth and you are queen of Heaven.
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