Per alti monti e per selve aspre trovo (Philippe Verdelot)

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• (Posted 2021-10-31)  CPDL #66472:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2021-10-31).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Per alti monti e per selve aspre trovo
Composer: Philippe Verdelot
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1534 in Il secondo libro de madrigali (Philippe Verdelot), no. 4
    2nd published: 1540 in Tutti li madrigali del primo et secondo libro a quatro voci, Edition 1, no. 57
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Original text and translations

Italian text Per alti monti e per selve aspre trovo qualche riposo: ogni abitato loco è nemico mortal degli occhi miei. A ciascun passo nasce un penser nuovo della donna mia, che sovente in gioco gira'l tormento ch'io porto per lei; et a pena vorrei cangiar questo mio viver dolce amaro, ch'io dico: Forse ancor ti serva Amore ad un tempo migliore; forse, a te stesso vile, altrui sei caro. E in questa trapasso sospirando: Or porrebbe esser vero? or com'or quando?

English translation Translation by A.S.Kline I find some repose in high mountains and in savage woods: each inhabited place is the mortal enemy of my eyes. At every step a new thought of my lady is born, which often turns the suffering I bear to joy, because of her: and, as often as I wish to alter my bitter and sweet life, I say: Perhaps Love is saving you for a better time: perhaps you are dear to another, hateful to yourself. And with this, sighing, I continue: Now can this be true? And how? And when?