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Da queste luci
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Da queste luci by Lodovico Agostini — Lyrics
La pace, Amor, che pur talhor mi presti,
Vien lenta, e fugge come d'arco strale:
Ma la guerra, onde poi sì mi molesti,
Lievi al venir, gravi al partir tien ale.
Son la mia pace i dolci sguardi onesti,
Son gli empi sdegni mia guerra mortale;
Così la pace, e la mia guerra viene
Sol da due luci or torbide, or serene.
Da queste luci, ove habiti sovente,
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About Da queste luci
Lodovico Agostini's Da queste luci is a secular madrigal for SATTB voices, sung in Italian. The text expresses the paradox of love's pain and pleasure, personifying peace and war as forces arising from the beloved's eyes. The first stanza describes how peace arrives slowly and flees quickly, while war is swift to enter but ponderous to depart. Peace is found in honest glances, while disdain becomes mortal war. The second stanza focuses on the captivating eyes that wound the lover, yet he never regrets the pain they cause, finding joy in the very source of his suffering. These eyes are described as supreme in beauty, reflecting divine power.
