Nuova angioletta sovra l'ale accorte (Luca Marenzio)
General Information
Title: Nuova angioletta sovra l'ale accorte
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Madrigali a 4 voci libro primo, 1585
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Nova angeletta sovra l'ale accorta
scese dal cielo in su la fresca riva,
là 'nd'io passava sol per mio destino.
Poi che senza compagna et senza scorta
mi vide, un laccio che di seta ordiva
tese fra l'erba, ond'è verde il camino.
Allor fui preso; et non mi spiacque poi,
sí dolce lume uscia degli occhi suoi.
English translation by A. S. Kline
A new young angel carried by her wings
descended from the sky to the green bank,
there where I passed, alone, to my destiny,
When she saw I was without companion,
or guard, she stretched a noose, woven of silk,
in the grass, with which the way was turfed.
Then I was captured: and later it did not displease me,
so sweet a light issued from her eyes.