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L’aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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L’aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo by Adrian Willaert — Lyrics
L’aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo
spira sí spesso, ch’i’ prendo ardimento
di dirle il mal ch’i’ò sentito et sento,
che, vivendo ella, non sarei stat’oso.
I’ incomincio da quel guardo amoroso,
che fu principio a sí lungo tormento,
poi seguo come misero et contento,
di dí in dí, d’ora in hora, Amor m’à roso.
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About L’aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo
Adrian Willaert's L'aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo is a secular Italian madrigal for double choir (ATTBB|ATTBarB). It was likely composed for intimate gatherings in the courts of Renaissance Italy, where madrigals served as sophisticated entertainment. The text describes a lover's internal turmoil, recounting how his beloved's sacred presence inspires him to confess his suffering. He details the pain caused by her loving gaze, which paradoxically began his torment. The poem explores the lover's fluctuating emotions, his despair and fleeting contentment as love consumes him day by day, hour by hour. His beloved, hearing his lament, responds with quiet pity, tears, and sighs, her sorrowful expression eventually awakening him from his own grief-stricken state.
