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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

De la bellezza le dovute lodi
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  GER
De la bellezza le dovute lodi 
celebriam con lieto canto 
e tu Ciprign ‘intanto 
de tuoi prieghi altera godi. 
Godi pur ch ‘alta vittoria 
si prepara a meriti tuoi 
onde chiara ogi fra noi 
splenderai per nuova gloria.

E ‘ la bellezza un raggio 
de la celeste luce 
che quasi un Sol di Maggio 
temprat ‘ardor n ‘adduce. 
Quinci nel nostro core 
nascono i fìor d ‘amore.

Chi di tal lume non splend ‘ornato 
dirsi beato in van presume 
che ‘ vil tesoro son gemm ‘et oro 
e valor cade contro beltade.

Ben sallo Alcide il forte 
da duo begl ‘occhi vinto 
quantunque avvinto 
traesse il cor da le tartaree porte 
e sallo il Dio de l ‘arme 
de l ‘ira e del furore 
quando la Dea d ‘Amore 
gl ‘impon che si disarme.

Ond ‘ei cangiato stile 
mansueto ed humile 
mirando il suo bel volto 
la spada oblia fra belle braccio accolto.

Dunque a lei che di beltate 
ottenne il pregio e ‘I vanto 
quest ‘altere alme ben nate 
concordi al nostro canto 
guidano in queste valli 
per far l ‘honor quest ‘amorosi balli.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "De la bellezza le dovute lodi" [vocal trio with instrumental ensemble] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-19
Line count: 36
Word count: 185

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