Felice chi vi mira - Ben hebbe amica stella (Sigismondo d'India)
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- CPDL #18800:
- Editor: Adam Steele (submitted 2008-10-06). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 98 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This arrangement was based on John Steele and Suzanne Court's 1997 edition, as well as the performance edition used by La Venexiana.
General Information
Title: Felice chi vi mira; Ben hebbe amica stella
Composer: Sigismondo d'India
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: This is a paired madrigal. La Venexiana has recorded d'India's first book of madrigals on their album Sigismondo d'India: Libro Primo de Madrigali
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Felice chi vi mira,
Ma più felice chi per voi sospira;
Felicissimo poi
Chi sospirando fa sospirar voi.
Ben hebbe amica stella
Chi per donna sì bella
Puù far content'in un
L'occhi e 'l desio
E sicuro può dir:
"Quel cor è mio".
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
Happy is he who looks upon you,
happier he who sighs for you;
but happiest of all is he
who, by sighing, makes you sigh.
A friendly star must have looked kindly upon him
who, thanks to such a beautiful lady,
can at the same time satisfy
both the eye and his desire
and can say without fear of contradiction:
'That heart belongs to me.'