Stringeami Galatea (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2023-04-10)  CPDL #73431:         

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-04-10).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Stringeami Galatea
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Il terzo libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 3
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Original text and translations

Italian text Stringeami Galatea fra le sue nude braccia, com'edra suol che'l caro tronco allaccia. E col nettar de baci e rapidi e tenaci tal gioia mi porgea ch'ebbro dalla dolcezza, ebb'in quel punto di morir vaghezza. Ella che se n'accorse i dolci rai chiuse pietosa in languidetti giri, poi disse a me: Cor mio, lascia ch'omai l'anima tua nella mia bocca spiri.

English translation Galatea held me tight in her bare arms, like ivy around a beloved trunk entwined. And with the nectar of her kisses, swift and repeated, she gave me such joy that drunk from the sweetness, I longed to die at that moment. She, noticing this, closed her sweet eyes compassionately with languid blinks, then said to me: My heart, let your soul now breathe into my mouth. Translation by Allen Garvin