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D'orrida selce alpina, SWV 6 (Heinrich Schütz)
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General Information
Title: D’orrida selce alpina, SWV 6
Work: Il primo libro de madrigali (First book of madrigals, Op. 1, Venice, 1611)
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Alessandro Aligiericreate page
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1611
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Original text and translations
Italian text
D’orrida selce alpina
cred’io Donna nascesti,
e da le tigre ircane
il latte havesti,
s’inesorabil sei,
sì dura a’prieghi miei,
o se’ pur tigre anzipur selce,
ai lasso,
ch’entro un petto di fera
hai cor di sasso.
German translation
Eisiger Fels der Alpen
hat dich, Herrin, geboren,
wardst zu der grausen Tiger
Milchkind erkoren,
wenn du so unerbittlich,
so hart bleibst all meinem Flehen.
Du übertriffst noch Fels und Tiger. Ich weine,
such’ ich Gnade bei Bestien,
du Herz von Steine.
French translation
Du sinistre silex des Alpes
Je crois, Madame, que vous êtes née,
Et que de la tigresse d'Hyrcanie
Vous avez eu le lait,
Si dure vous êtes à mes prières
Telle le tigre et le silex,
Hélas,
Que dans votre corps de bête sauvage
Votre cœur
doit être de pierre.
