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Chi è costei
Based on liturgy for the Feast of the Assumption.
Original Language: Italian
Chi è costei che qual sorgente Aurora
I passi muove a par del Sole eletta
Bella come la luna e qual s'aspetta
Schiera d'armati eroi tromba sonora?
Questa e colei, che'l Cielo ard'e innamora,
E con un de begl'occhi il cor saetta,
D'Iddio magion sovra quei monti eretta
Santi ch'ancor l'eternitade onora.
Pregiato d'Eva avventuroso scorno
Dell' angel no, se con diversa sorte
Ei fe men bello il Cielo Ella l'ha adorno.
Così dicea la fortunata corte
Di Paradiso in quel felice giorno,
Ch'ell' aperse a Maria l'eccelse porte.
Poet:
English
Who is this woman that like the rising sun
seems to move like the supreme sun,
beautiful as the moon and terrible as
a legion of armed heroes with resounding trumpets?
She is the one who enflames and enchants Heaven,
and with her beautiful gaze pierces the heart,
the dwelling of God built above these sacred
mountains honored even by eternity.
Precious and blessed shame of Eve, but
not that of the angel [Lucifer], who with a different fate
made Heaven less beautiful while she adorned it.
Thus spoke the favored court
of Paradise on that joyful day
when it opened to Maria its glorious doors.
Translated by:
Dr Richard Kolb
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