Donna mia casta e bella (Cesare Acelli)

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• (Posted 2016-04-18)  CPDL #39369:  Finale 2014

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-04-18).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 297 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down one note from G-mixolydian

General Information

Title: Donna mia casta e bella
Composer: Cesare Accelli
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published:

Description: 1600 in Floridi Virtuosi d'Italia, printed by Pietro Phalesio in Antwerp.

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Donna mia casta e bella,
Voi che divota andate,
Porgendo prieghi in questa chiesa e'n quella,
Dite l'orar che vale
S'indi poi ne deriva espresso male,
Se voi mentre ch'orate,
Morte con gl'occhi date,
S'in atto humil' e pio,
Voi m'uccidete
Irata che farete.

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank

My chaste and beautiful lady,
you who go about devoutly
offering up prayers in one church and another,
tell me which entreaty would be the right one:
if I then express it badly,
if, while you pray,
you mete out death with your eyes,
if in your humble and pious rites
you slay me,
you will be angry then.

(This is a tentative translation: I am open to suggestions for improvement.)