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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
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:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2021 by Susana Martin Dudoignon, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)
This text was added to the website: 2021-07-12
Line count: 19
Word count: 114
