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Six Madrigals     I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  VI.
(total duration 12')
 

II. Ore, fermate il volo

for SATB Voices        duration 2'

Publisher: Hinshaw

Recordings/Video


Composed for: Chanticleer
World Premiere: 1986, Herbst Theater, San Francisco

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Text and Translation:
 
 

Ore, fermate il volo
Nel lucido oriente,
Mentre s'en vola il ciel rapidamente;
E, carolando intorno
A l'alba matutina
Ch'esce da la marina,
L'umana vita ritardate e'l giorno.
E voi, Aure veloci,
Portate i miei sospiri
Là dove Laura spiri
E riportate a me sue chiare voci,
Sì che l'ascolti io solo,
Sol voi presenti e'l signor nostro Amore,
Aure soavi ed Ore.
         
                               Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)

 

Hours, cease your flight
In the lucid East,
As the heavens fly quickly past;
And, dancing about
The morning light
Rising from the sea,
Slow the life of man and slow the day.
And you, swift Breezes,
Carry my sighs
There, where Laura breathes
And bring back to me her clear words,
That I alone may hear them,
With only you and our lord Love present,
Soft Breezes and Hours.

                            (English translation by William Hawley)

 


 

 
 
 
Translation Copyright ©1986 William Hawley
All rights reserved.
 

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