Hor su la nuda terra (Orlando di Lasso)

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CPDL #30230:    Finale 2008 

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-10-03).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 102 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Hor su la nuda
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1555, in Lasso's first publication, Le quatoirsiesme livre a 4 parties.

Description: This is the final part of the six-part madrigal set that opens Orlando di Lasso's first publication. The full set:

1. Del freddo Rheno
2. Ch'il credera
3. Rotava et e pur
4. Si fe cristallo
5. Et io qual fui
6. Hor su la nuda

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Original text and translations

See the text and translation for full poem at: Del freddo Rheno a la sinistra riva (text).

Italian text Sixth stanza: Hor su la nuda terra hora su l'herbe, di pensier in pensier di voce in voce, al freddo al caldo alla pioggia et al sole, cerco pe'l mond'havea riposo e stato quando raggio del ciel mi giuns'al foco, en'ogni mia fortun'e giunta a riva O riva aventurosa, o fiori, o herbe, io vivo in questo foco e sento voce chiamarmi in questo stato al vero sole.

English translation Sixth stanza: Hours on the naked earth, hours on the grass, thinking many thoughts, from one voice to another, in the cold, warmth, in rain and sunshine I seek in all the world for that calmer state, in which a ray of heavenly light reached me at that fire where all my good fortune came to that river bank. Oh adventurous shore, oh flowers, oh grass! I live in that fire again, and hear a voice calling me in this state to the true sun.