Quando il turbato mar (Philippe de Monte)

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• (Posted 2024-03-03)  CPDL #79350:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2024-03-03).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 112 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1581 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: Quando il turbato mar
Composer: Philippe de Monte
Lyricist: Vittoria Colonna
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 Il primo libro de madrigali spirituali a cinque voci, no. 6
Description: Two-part madrigal:
 I. Quando il turbato mar
II. E se talhor la barca del desio

Original text and translations

Italian text Quando il turbato mar s’alza e circonda Con impeto e furor ben fermo scoglio Se saldo il trova il procelloso orgoglio Si frange e cade in se medesma l’onda Simil s’incontra me vien la profonda Acqua mondana irata io come scoglio Fermo al ciel gli occhi e tanto più la spoglio Del suo vigor quanto più forte abbonda. E se talhor la barca del desio Vuol tentar nuova guerra, io corro al lido E d’un laccio d’amor con fede attorto La lego prima a quella in cui mi fido Viva pietra Giesù sí che quand’io Voglio posso ad ogn’hor ritrarla in porto.

English translation When the troubled sea rises and surrounds a solid rock with impetuosity and fury, if it finds the rock firm, the sea’s stormy pride breaks and the wave falls in itself. Similarly, when the deep, worldly, angry water Crushes down on me and I stand like a rock, my eyes fixed on the sky; the more I strip it of its power, the more abundant it becomes. And if sometimes the boat of desire wants to wage a new war, I run to shore and with a cord of love, wound with faith, I tie it to the One in whom I trust most: the living rock Jesus; so that, whenever I want, I can pull the boat back to port at any time.