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La Pastorella mia
Original Language: Italian
La pastorella mia tra i fiori, e'l giglio
Anzi la rosa di più grat' odore;
Tra le gemme il rubin vago, e vermiglio,
S'io miro delle labbra il bel colore;
E tra i pomi al granato l'assimiglio,
Chi ha la corona, e degl'altri è signore.
Regin'anch'ella par tra le donzelle,
Anzi la Dea d'Amor tra l'altre stelle.
note: from La Tancia, Act II, sc 5 (1611) ms. source) sung by Pietro, a city man. The song is intended as a satire of the pretensions of the "new music" (see Cusick p. 69 and fn. #31, p. 363).
English
Among the flowers my shepherdess is the lily,
or rather the rose of sweetest fragrance;
among the jewels she's the lovely vermillion ruby,
looking at the beautiful color of her lips;
and among apples she resembles the pomegranate,
which has the crown and is lord over the others;
she is also the queen among the maidens,
or rather the goddess of love among the stars.
Translated by:
Dr Richard Kolb
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La pastorella mia
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