Una farfalla cupida (Benedetto Pallavicino)

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  • (Posted 2019-02-06)  CPDL #53164:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2019-02-06).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 447 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Una farfalla cupida
Composer: Benedetto Pallavicino
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Madrigali a 5 voci, libro 7, no. 2
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Una farfalla cupida e vagante,
Fatt'è il mio cor amante,
Che va quasi per gioco,
Scherzan-do intorno al foco,
De gl'occhi di Sirena e volte tante,
Vola e rivola e fugge e torna e gira,
Ma che di ciò sospira 
à torto, ardor caro e felice,
Morrà farfalla e forgerà Fenice.