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Hor che l​’​aria et la terra

from Cipriano de Rore: I madrigali a cinque voci by Blue Heron

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Hor che l’aria et la terra
Per natural destino e pioggia et gielo
Quanto più oltre puote
Et assale et percuote,
Tal che ’l calor si smorza sin al cielo,

Sol nel mio petto ogn’hor lasso si serra
Più vivo ardente lume,
Né per cangiar di ciel cangia costume,
Ma con sì aspra guerra
(Mercè d’una empia et fera) l’alma sface,
Che morte sol desio per trovar pace.

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Now that the air and the earth
in the natural order of things
are assailed and struck
by the full force of rain and frost,
so that warmth is extinguished all the way up to the heavens,

in my breast alone, alas, is forever enclosed
a most intensely burning light,
nor does it change with changing weather;
but, with harshest warfare,
at the mercy of a wicked and cruel lady, the soul is undone,
so that I desire only death in order to find peace.

Translations by Scott Metcalfe. Cf. translation by Massimo Ossi.

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from Cipriano de Rore: I madrigali a cinque voci, released October 4, 2019

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