Dal suo dorato albergo

This secular madrigal for SSSATB voices by Giovanni Battista Mosto captures the beauty of nature and the pangs of unrequited love. The text describes how the dawn, flowers, and springs were once radiant, but now they seem diminished. The reason for this sorrow is revealed as the singer, Filen, laments the cruelty of his beloved, Clorinda. He addresses her, stating that her beauty is matched by her harshness, and his tears have filled her with tragic complaints. The mountains have heard his pleas, but he concludes that her pride will not yield. He will no longer sing to his beloved, but rather to his own beautiful spring.