Donò Cinzia a Damone (Luca Marenzio)

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• CPDL #18776: 

Editors: Phillip Grow and R. Satterthwaite (submitted 2009-01-20).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 32 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key.

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Title: Donò Cinzia a Damone
Composer: Luca Marenzio

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Donò Cinzia a Damone
Una rosa, cred'io, di paradiso
E si vermiglia in viso
Donandola si fece e sì vezzosa
Che parea rosa che donasse rosa.
Allor disse il pastore,
Con un sospir d'amore,
Perché degno non sono
d'aver la rosa donatrice in dono?

English translation

Translation by Mick Swithinbank
Cinzia gave Damone
a rose, from paradise I believe,
and in so doing blushed in such a way
and looked so charming
that it seemed as if one rose were presenting another.
Then the shepherd said
with a lovelorn sigh,
‘Why am I not worthy
to have the rose that is doing the giving?’