La verginella è simil'a la rosa (Andrea Gabrieli)
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CPDL #34130:
- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-04). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP. Text underlay standardized according to E. Bigi's 1980 edition of Orlando furioso'..
CPDL #20562:
- Editor: Velthur Tognoni (submitted 2009-11-29). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 30 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: La verginella è simil'a la rosa
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
Italian text
La verginella è simil’a la rosa
Che in bel giardin su la nativa spina,
Mentre sola e secura riposa,
Né gregge né pastor se le avvicina;
L’aura soave e l’alba rugiadosa,
L’acqua e la terra al suo favor s’inchina.
Giovani vaghi e donne innamorate
Amano averne e seni e tempie ornate.
- Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1535): Orlando Furioso, Canto I, stanza 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.