La verginella è simile alla rosa (Vincenzo Ruffo)

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Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-05).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 97 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.

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Title: La verginella è simile alla rosa
Composer: Vincenzo Ruffo
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAAAT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1556

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Original text and translations

Italian text

La verginella è simile alla rosa,
ch’in bel giardin su la nativa spina
mentre sola e sicura si riposa,
né gregge né pastor se le avicina;
l’aura soave e l’alba rugiadosa,
l’acqua, la terra al suo favor s’inchina:
gioveni vaghi e donne inamorate
amano averne e seni e tempie ornate.

Ariosto, Orlando furioso, canto I ottava 42

English translation by William Rose (1775-1843)

The virgin has her image in the rose
Sheltered in garden on its native stock,
Which there in solitude and safe repose,
Blooms unapproached by sheperd or by flock.
For this earth teems, and freshening water flows,
And breeze and dewy dawn their sweets unlock:
With such the wistful youth his bosom dresses.
With such the enamored damsel braids her tresses.