Las tres gracias de Venus | Bella madre de Amor

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by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)

Translation © by Susana Martin Dudoignon

Le Tre Gratie à Venere

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE SPA

Bella madre d'amore
anco non ti ramembra
che nuda havesti di bellezze il grido
In sul Troiano lido
dal giudice Pastore
onde se nuda piaci
in sin à gl'occhi de Bifolchi Idei
vanarella che sei
Perche vuoi tu con tanti adobbi e tanti
ricoprirti a gl'Amanti
O vesti le tue Gratie e i nudi Amori
ò getta ancor tu fuori
gl'Arnesi I manti e i Veli
Di quelle care membra
nulla si celi
Tu ridi e non rispondi
Ah tu le copri si tu le nascondi
Che sai ch'inuoglia più che più s'apprezza
la negata bellezza.

Text Authorship:

by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660) [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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Le Tre Gratie à Venere", op. 1 no. 4, published 1644 [ vocal trio for 3 sopranos and continuo ], from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali; a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les trois Grâces à Vénus", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "Las tres gracias de Venus", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
Line count: 19
Word count: 96

Las tres gracias de Venus

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Italian (Italiano)

Bella madre de Amor,
¿acaso no recuerdas 
que estando desnuda te llevaste el premio a la belleza
en las playas troyanas,
en el Juicio del Pastor?
Así pues, si desnuda gustaste,
a los ojos de los pastores del monte Ida,
vanidosa como eres, 
¿por qué quieres con tantos y tantos adornos
cubrirte de nuevo ante tus amantes?
¡Viste a tus gracias y a los desnudos cupidos,
o despréndete tú también 
de bandas, mantos y velos!
¡De la visión de estos queridos miembros
que nada, nada se prive!
Pero ¿ríes y no respondes?
¡Ay, tú los cubres, sí, tú los escondes,
pues sabes que más se desea, más se aprecia
la belleza que se oculta.

Translator's note for line 5: En el juicio de Paris, que fue pastor.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)
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This text was added to the website: 2021-07-12
Line count: 19
Word count: 114