Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677) - performed by Mariana Flores and 'Cappella Mediterranea' - Arie a voce sola, Op.8 - Che si puo fare (1664) | Текст песни

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• Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677) - performed by Mariana Flores and 'Cappella Mediterranea'
• Arie a voce sola, Op.8 - Che si puo fare (1664)

Heavens, stars, deities,
now the colors of the Aurora dissolve
so that the woman who equals the glories
of the heavens, stars, and deities,
her beauty and noble factions with mellifluous brushstrokes like feathers,
I may paint and of whom I may sing.
Wondrous tresses which are the cause of spirits' misfortune, more than woolen yarn
you entangle hearts although it is naught
compared to their treasures.
Lustful eyes never tired of wounding
like sapphires with beauteous fires of other harmonies
they shall be small heavens and blaze eternally.
Diffuse beauty spot on the left cheek,
later it is reproduced
reposing after having transformed
a candid and intact visage
in one exceedingly beautiful point
where nature was detained.
Of the lips and mouth
which would humble the Eritreans,
would that I could speak,
but what can be said, I do not indeed know
which are more beautiful
whether the pearls of her mouth
or the pearls of her breasts.
Bewitching chains, adorable pride,
utmost placid disdain, honest glances,
the softest flames and sweetest deaths,
in every act she remains distant
with her majestic gait, imperious
from the thrones of power and passion,
she can oppress souls and trample hearts.
But of the mind and of the hand
who can sing the sufficient praise?
The one learned, the other skilful,
writing letters and grasping the pen.
It may be, it will be, in peace as in war,
one SOFIA is worth two minervas on land.
But where your flight unfolds,
if you are not a novice eagle feather,
conserve the hearts with more lively and lofty
colors than their portrait on paper.