by
Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)
Nel our ardor della più bella stella
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Nel pur ardor della più bella stella
Aurea facella di bel foc’accendi
E qui discendi su l’aurante piume,
Giocondo nume, e di celeste fiamma
L’anime infiamma.
Lieto Imeneo, d’alta dolcezza un nembo
Trabocca in grembo a fortunati amanti
E tra bei canti di soavi amori
Sveglia nei cori una dolce aura, un riso
Di paradiso.
Notes: The score for the opera (Le Musiche sopra l’Euridice, Florence: Marscotti, 1600) is reproduced in a facsimile edition (Rome: Reale Accademia d’Italia, 1934).
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "In the pure heat of the most beautiful star", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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In the pure heat of the most beautiful star
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
In the pure heat of the most beautiful star,
Kindle [a] golden torch of beautiful fire
And descend here on golden plumes,
Happy god, and with celestial fire
Enflame souls.
Happy Hymen, [in] a rain of sublime sweetness
Flood into the bosom of fortunate lovers
And among the beautiful songs of sweet loves
Awaken in their hearts a sweet breeze, a smile
Of paradise.
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