Ben qui si mostra il ciel (Cipriano de Rore)

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General Information

Title: Ben qui si mostra il ciel
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1561 in Di Cipriano et Annibale madregali a 4 voci, no. 1
    2nd published: 1562 in Il terzo libro delle Muse a quattro voci (Antonio Barré), no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Ben qui si mostra il ciel vago e sereno,
E qui ridon le rose e i lieti fiori,
Spirando amanti odori,
Destan gli augelli a dolce canto ameno.
Ma ria ventur'al fin lasso, ne sorge,
Ch'Amor tacitamente
Tesse fra fiori e l'herbe un placido angue.
Onde venen, si dolce ai petti porge
Ch'il cor soavemente,
Pien di dolce desio morendo langue.

English.png English translation

Beautiful shows here the sky, vague and clear,
Here smile the roses, and the happy flowers,
Blowing loving smells
Wake the birds to a sweet pleasant singing.
But in the end bad luck arises,
Because Love, silently,
Waves with flowers and herbs a quiet snake.
To the breasts of whom comes he offers it gently
And the heart, sweetly,
Languishes, and dies filled with sweet desires.

English.png English translation

Here, the sky shines gently,
roses and flowers bloom
and release a perfume
that inspires the birds to sing.

But here, too,
Love hides,
a snake in the grass,
and his bite fills you
with a sweet longing,
a longing to die.

Translation by Nicholas Jones

Note: it is particularly difficult to translate the manifold meanings of Renaissance languages (Italian, in this case). Many of the repetitions that appear in the English translation are not present in the Italian original, which allows many more "nuances" to the various love expressions.