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Far potess'io vendetta
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Far potess'io vendetta by Cipriano de Rore — Lyrics
Far potess’io vendetta di colei
Che guardando et parlando mi distrugge,
Et per più doglia poi s’asconde et fugge,
Celando gli occhi a me sì dolci et rei.
Così gli afflitti et stanchi pensier mei
A poco a poco consumando sugge,
E ’n sul cor quasi fero leon rugge
La notte all’ hor quand’io posar dovrei.
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About Far potess'io vendetta
Cipriano de Rore’s SATTB madrigal Far potess’io vendetta is a powerful setting of a sonnet by Petrarch. The text describes the torment of unrequited love, where the object of affection simultaneously destroys the speaker with her gaze and words, then flees, hiding her eyes. The composer vividly portrays the speaker’s anguish, with thoughts consuming him and a lion’s roar representing the turmoil that disturbs his nights. The soul, driven from its earthly abode by pain, seeks out the source of its suffering. The poem concludes with a lament that the beloved might break her sleep if she were to hear his pleas, tears, and embraces. This secular Italian part-music would suit a reflective moment in a concert programme.
