Il dì s'appressa (Cipriano de Rore)
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- CPDL #33026: LilyPond
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-09-25). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 84 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values.
General Information
Title: Il dì s'appressa
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1548
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Il dí s'appressa, et non pòte esser lunge,
sí corre il tempo et vola,
Vergine unica et sola,
e 'l cor or coscïentia or morte punge.
Raccomandami al tuo figliuol, verace
homo et verace Dio,
ch'accolga 'l mïo spirto ultimo in pace.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
The day is coming, surely coming soon,
such is time’s incessant flight,
Virgin peerless and unequalled,
and my heart is oppressed
now by pangs of conscience, now by thoughts of death.
Commend me to your Son,
true man and very God:
may He receive me in peace when I draw my last breath.