Il dì s'appressa (Cipriano de Rore)

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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: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1548

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Original text and translations

Italian.png 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.png 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.