Quando Amor i begli occhi, by Philippe Verdelot (live)

Описание: Mignarda performing live on WSKG-TV, October 2011
This song is available on the 2011 recording, "Sfumato", by Mignarda http://www.mignarda.com/cds/sfumato/

Quando Amor i begli occhi by Philippe Verdelot (c1480 -1530) from the original intabulation for solo voice and lute from Intavolatura de li madrigali di Verdelotto (1536). This gentle and transparent song effectively reflects the quiet passion of Petrarch's poetry.

Text & English Translation (Petrarch, Rime sparse 167):

Quando Amor i belli occhi a terra inchina, e i vaghi spirti in un sospiro accoglie con le sue mani, et poi in voce gli scioglie chiara, soave, angelica, divina, sento far del mio cor dolce rapina et si dentro cangiar penseri et voglie ch' i' dico: "Or fien di me l'ultime spoglie: se 'l ciel si onesta morte mi destina."

When Love bends her lovely eyes to the ground and with her own hands gathers together her wandering breath into a sigh, and then looses it in a clear, soft, angelic, divine voice, I feel my heart sweetly stolen away and my thoughts and desires so change within me that I say: "Now comes the final plundering of me, if Heaven reserves me for so virtuous a death."