Cesséz mortels
from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640 by Mignarda
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by Pierre Guédron (1563-1621)
Guédron has left us indications for rhythmic strumming in the lute accompaniment, which propels the refrain forward with resolve, a perfect melding of dance rhythm and amorous courtly effusion that exemplifies French music from the early 17th century.
Guédron has left us indications for rhythmic strumming in the lute accompaniment, which propels the refrain forward with resolve, a perfect melding of dance rhythm and amorous courtly effusion that exemplifies French music from the early 17th century.
lyrics
Cessés mortels de soupirer,
Cette beauté n'est pas mortelle,
Il est permis de l'adorer,
Mais non pas d'estre amoureux d'elle :
Les dieux tant seulement
Peuvent aymer si hautement.
Celuy seroit trop insencé
Quelqu'heur ou son bon heur aspire,
Deffendent mesme aux deités
D'oser descouvrir son martire :
Car les dieux seulement
Peuvent aymer si hautement.
Bref ces divines qualités
Dont le ciel orna sa naissance,
Si ces beaux yeux l'avoyent blesse
D'oser descouvrir son martire :
D'obtenir en l'aymant
Sinon qu'un glorieux tourment.
Cease with your sighing, mortals,
This loveliness is not earthly:
Adoring her is granted
But not loving her,
Only the gods
Can love so sublimely,
It would be senseless
For anyone aspiring to happiness,
If wounded by these lovely eyes,
To reveal his suffering,
For only the gods
Can love so sublimely.
In short, these divine qualities
with which the heavens adorned her birth,
prevent even the gods,
not from loving her, but the hope
of obtaining, through loving her,
nothing more than a glorious torment.
Cette beauté n'est pas mortelle,
Il est permis de l'adorer,
Mais non pas d'estre amoureux d'elle :
Les dieux tant seulement
Peuvent aymer si hautement.
Celuy seroit trop insencé
Quelqu'heur ou son bon heur aspire,
Deffendent mesme aux deités
D'oser descouvrir son martire :
Car les dieux seulement
Peuvent aymer si hautement.
Bref ces divines qualités
Dont le ciel orna sa naissance,
Si ces beaux yeux l'avoyent blesse
D'oser descouvrir son martire :
D'obtenir en l'aymant
Sinon qu'un glorieux tourment.
Cease with your sighing, mortals,
This loveliness is not earthly:
Adoring her is granted
But not loving her,
Only the gods
Can love so sublimely,
It would be senseless
For anyone aspiring to happiness,
If wounded by these lovely eyes,
To reveal his suffering,
For only the gods
Can love so sublimely.
In short, these divine qualities
with which the heavens adorned her birth,
prevent even the gods,
not from loving her, but the hope
of obtaining, through loving her,
nothing more than a glorious torment.
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from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640,
released March 1, 2006
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Mignarda Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more
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