Ne fero sdegno mai Donna (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2015-01-08)  CPDL #34193:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-08).   Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 148 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Parts and source available on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Ne fero sdegno mai Donna
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAAAT
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 8
    2nd published: 1590 in The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson) – English contrafact, no. 21–22
    3rd published: 1591 in Melodia Olympica (ed. Peter Philips), no. 63–64
    4th published: 1594 in Madrigali a sei voci in un corpo ridotti, no. 30
    5th published: 1605 in Nervi d'Orfeo (ed. Jacopo Graswinkel), no. 63
Description: A two-part madrigal. In Watson (1590), the first and second parts of this work are presented in reverse order.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Né fero sdegno mai, Donna, mi mosse
Ancor da voi, né lontananza alcuna
Ne movrà mai! Mandami pur, Fortuna,
Per l’onde azzurre errando e per le rosse;
Se quante spume fan l’acque percosse
Dai remi nostri al sol e a la luna,
Tante nascesser Veneri, e ciascuna
di lor d’un novo Amor gravida fosse!

Talché, dovunque vò, tutte repente
Partorissero Amor l’onde ch’io frango,
E fosser le lor cune i pensier miei,
Non arderia più ch’arde questa mente,
Con tutto ciò talor mi doglio e piango,
Che non vi posso amar quanto verrei.