Questo specchio ti dono (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• CPDL #32264:     

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-06-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 170 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #23209:      (MuP)

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-02-26).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Questo specchio ti dono
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Girolamo Casoni

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 18

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Original text and translations

Italian text Questo specchio ti dono, Rosa, tu damm'or che l’età consente, ch’io colga il tuo bel fior primo ridente. Se ciò non voi, te mira, cara fanciulla ivi due volt'e poi, o caduchi onor tuoi, vermiglia in sul matin, belle e gentile, di sera ti vedrai pallida e vile.

English translation I give you this mirror, Rose; you in return let me, now that age consents it, pick that beautiful flower which was just laughing. If you do not consent, look at yourself in the mirror twice, dear girl, and later –o ephemeral charms of yours- you'll see yourself aglow in the morning, fair and kind, and at night pale and vile. Translation by Campelli

French translation Je te fais cadeau de ce miroir, Rose, et permets-moi, puisque l'âge y consent, que je cueille ta belle fleure jadis riante. Si tu ne le veux pas, chère demoiselle, regarde-toi deux fois dans le reflet et, là, –tes charmes caducs– tu te verras vermeille au matin, belle et gentille, au soir pâle et abominable. Translation by Campelli