CCCLXXXVIII. All ye who music love, And would its pleasures prove; O come to us, who cease not daily Come lads and lasses all, Fa la la. Obey the tuneful call; O come to us, who cease not daily From moru till eve to warble gaily. Fa la la. Imitated from one of the "Canzone alla Napolitana,” music by B. Donato, 1558. "Chi la galliarda, Donne, vo imparare; "Venite a noi, chi siamo maestri fini : "Chi di sera e mattutini "Mai manchiamo di sonare." Tan tan ta ri ra. CCCLXXXIX. Hence dull care and sadness! Sly Love with skilful art, Had well nigh caught my heart; Now it in peace reposes, Spite of his flatt'ring gloses; Shoot, Love, thine arrows spare not, For all thy darts I care not. From the following ballet, Music by Gastoldi, A.d. 1570. “Viver lieto voglio "Senza alcun cordoglio. "Spendi pungenti strali "E di te prendo gioco." CCCXC. With sad sorrow wasting, The live-long day I wander all alone: At night no slumber tasting, To Cynthia pale I make my love-sick moan. Deep sighs my bosom rend, My tears in show'rs descend: Yet all my grief is vain, Nor sighs, nor tears can cure my pain. Founded upon a Madrigal, (Music by Luca Marenzio,) the first words of which are "Consumando mi vo." CCCXCI. Two nymphs well skill'd in Cupid's wiles By silent art the one beguiles; The other, when she speaks and sweetly smiles: Both equal are in beauty, And worthy of all duty. Once I sigh'd for sweet Phillis, Now I burn for Amarillis. Thus love beguiles my poor deluded heart, Alas! no charm avails against his art: For if perchance I 'scape the glance Of Phillis' sparkling eye; Unhappy wight! In woful plight By Amarillis' frown I die. Paraphrased from a Madrigal, (Music by Luca Marenzio) beginning "Coppia di Donn' altera." CCCXCII. O Lady dear, that sparkling eye With hope and fear my soul entrances : Fair lady, by a glance from thee; O, may that sparkling eye For ever sweetly smile on me. Music by Luca Marenzio. A paraphrase from the following sonnet: Occhi lucenti e belli, Com' esser puo ch' in un medesm' istante, Lieti, vaghi, superb', humili, altieri, E tanti affetti dolc', acerb', e fieri, Ad ogn' hor che volete. Hor poi che voi mia vita e morte sete, CCCXCIII. No din of rolling drum, nor trumpet sounding, No winged darts we use, nor swords nor lançes: "Faint heart ne'er yet did win a fair Ladye." In these lines I have only imitated the commencement of Alessandro Striggio's Madrigal, "Non rumor di tamburi" and therefore do not insert the original. The music was written about the year 1560. CCCXCIV. Now tune the viol, and the sprightly lute; In slumber's dreamy trance; Till day its light discloses, We'll merrily sing and dance. Music by Giuseppe Caimo, 1560. These words were suggested to me by the two first bars of the music, wherein one voice begins alone upon G, and 11° at an interval of half a bar is responded to by another upon C the fifth below; thereby producing the effect given by tuning a violin. The original lines are totally different in idea, and not worth transcribing. CCCXCV. Stay, limpid stream, thy winding course, Breathe not a sound, until our Queen appear: Then sing, ye nymphs and shepherds of Diana, Written in imitation of the Triumphs of Oriana, and adapted to a Madrigal composed by Luca Marenzio, commencing "Rive e fontane." CCCXCVI. Can I live without the heart Which thou hast stol'n from me? My dearest dear, did I not part Then since I've thine And thou hast mine; We need not die Nor you nor I. Adapted to the music of G. Converso, A.D. 1570, but the words are not a translation of his Madrigal. I do not now recollect from whence I borrowed the conceit: it is not mine. |