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by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494)

Madrigale
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Cantati meco, inamorati augelli,
  Poi che vosco a cantar Amor me invita:
  E voi, bei rivi e snelli,
  Per la piaggia fiorita,
  Tenete a le mie rime el tuon suave.
La beltà, che io canto, è si infinita,
  Che il cor ardir non have
  Pigliar lo incarco solo;
  Ch' egli è debole e stanco, e il peso è grave.
Vaghi augeleti, vui ne gite a volo,
  Perchè forsi credeti
  Che il mio cor senta duolo,
  E la zoglia ch' io sento non sapeti.
Vaghi augeleti, odeti;
  Che quanto gira in tondo
  Il mare, e quanto spira zascun vento,
  Non è piacer nel mondo,
  Che aguagliar se potesse a quel che io sento.

Text Authorship:

  • by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494) [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 Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009), "Madrigale" [ soprano, string quartet, woodwind quintet and harp ], from La vita nuova, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 112

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