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Amor io mi ribello
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Amor io mi ribello by Benedetto Ferrari — Lyrics
Amor, io mi ribello
dal tuo spietato impero,
dal tuo regist'o fero
il nome mio cancello
e quella fè, c'ho dedicato al sempre
di seguir bella si maria fanciulla
à lui ritolgo ed' hor consacro al nulla.
Non, non temo il tuo valore,
ragion schermo mi face,
m'assicura la pace,
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About Amor io mi ribello
Benedetto Ferrari's secular madrigal Amor io mi ribello is written for solo soprano. The text, in Italian, expresses a defiant rejection of Love's cruel dominion. The singer declares they are cancelling their name from Love's harsh register and withdrawing their devotion to a beautiful maiden. They assert that reason shields them from Love's wrath, and scorn protects them from its fury, proclaiming themselves an enemy of both God and Goddess. Though they wish to curse the deity that plagues souls, they refrain, ultimately directing their malediction not at the archer, but at the bow itself, a powerful image of directed, yet controlled, anger.
