Lodar voi donn'ingrate (Jacques Arcadelt)

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• (Posted 2020-05-15)  CPDL #58633:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2010-06-13)  CPDL #21773:        (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-13).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Updated to v. 2.0 in May 2014. Transcribed from the 1539 Gardane edition of Arcadelt's Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci.

General Information

Title: Lodar voi donn'ingrate
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, no. 1.47
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Original text and translations

Italian text Lodar voi, donne ingrate, per riportarvi al cielo saria far freddo il caldo e caldo il gelo; Però non mi sdegnate se poca è la mercede, che minor è del vostro amor la fede; Il ciel, donne, a voi diede liberamente in dono il falso amor, ma non già il bello e il bono; Ciechi gli amanti sono et è più ciecho Amore, a darvi in preda una alma o darvi un core.

English translation Praising you, ungrateful women, by giving a good report of you to the heavens, would be like making cold the heat and hot the frost; But don't disdain me if I show little mercy, for even smaller is my confidence in your love; Heaven gave you, ladies, freely as a gift the false love, but not yet the beautiful and good one; Lovers are blind and Cupid is even more blind for carelessly giving you a soul, or giving you a heart.