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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Natività di Cristo
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Con le stelle in ciel che mai
vidi il Sol spiegar i rai,
chi tra gelo nel suo stelo
amorosa star la rosa
tra tempeste e tra procelle
lampeggiar amiche stelle.

Ecco uscir del sol il sole
e di Dio l'immensa prole,
tra gli orrori spuntar fiori,
o bel lampo, o del campo
fior che sol fa Primavera,
e de l'or l'età primiera.

Casti amanti ecco senz'ali,
ecco Amor senz'arco e strali
che nel seno di vil fieno
freddo giace, senza face.
Ma se scalda il core a gente,
è che poi farebbe ardente.

S'apre poi le labbra al riso,
Rose dà di Paradiso,
s'altro puote ne le grotte
vagheggiarle, senz'amarle,
su, su prendi arco e faretra,
casto Amore, e 'l cor mi spetra.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Canzonette [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 Biagio Marini (1597 - 1665), "Natività di Cristo", 1623. [voice, basso continuo (chitarrone) and violin] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 124

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