Asia felice (Andrea Gabrieli)
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CPDL #21656: Sibelius 6
- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-05-24). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 514 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Down a fourth according to the rules of chiavette transposition. This madrigal is likely for two four part choirs, choir 1 (AATBar) sing part 1, choir 2 (TTBarB) sings part 2 and both choirs sing part 3 (ATBarB).
- CPDL #5829: Sibelius 2
- Editor: Steven Langley Guy (submitted 2003-10-22). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 92 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Asia felice
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
or ATBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1589
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Asia felice hor ben posso chiamarmi
Ch’è vint’in mar di me l’empio nemico.
Ma più sarò quando con gaudio l’armi
De’ figli miei faransi ogn’un amico.
Et io più all’hor felice Affrica piene
Havrò di frutti e fior l’aride arene
E, per campagne più che mai feconde
Porterà il Nilo al mar d’argento l’onde.
Felice Europa anch’io godo non meno
Che più che mai con gloriose prove
Hor sotto un vero Dio, non falso Giove
Havrò del mond’ un’ altra volta il freno.
English translation by Mick Swithinbank
I, Asia, can call myself happy with good reason,
For my wicked enemy has been vanquished at sea.
Yet even happier shall I be when with joy
My sons' arms make everyone their friend.
I, Africa, happier still, shall have my sandy wastes
Filled with fruits and flowers
And the Nile, flowing through lands more fertile
Than ever seen before, will bear its waters to the silver sea.
I, Europe, happy too, rejoice no less
That more irresistibly than ever, thanks to glorious feats,
Now guided by a true God, not by false Jove,
Once again I shall take the reins of the world in my hands.