D'orrida selce alpina, SWV 6 (Heinrich Schütz)

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General Information

Title: D’orrida selce alpina, SWV 6

Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Alessandro Aligieri^{create page}

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SATTB or SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Il primo libro de madrigali, no. 6
    2nd published: 1890 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 9, no. 6
    3rd published: 1962 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 22, no. 6
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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 anzi pur selce, ai lasso, ch’entro un petto di fera hai cor di sasso.

German translation Eisiger Fels der Alpen hat dich, Herrin, geboren und von den Tigern Hyrkaniens hast du Milch bekommen so hart bleibst du gegenüber meinem Flehen Du übertriffst noch Fels und Tiger Ich Unglücklicher, dass in der Brust einer Bestie ein Herz aus Stein ist   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.

English translation From horrid alpine flint I believe, Madam, that you were born, And that from the Hyrcanian tigress You had your milk; You are so hard on my supplications Like a tiger or like flint, Alas, in the body of a wild beast Your heart must be of stone. Translation by James Gibb