Felice chi vi mira

Antonio Cifra's Felice chi vi mira is a secular madrigal for SSATB voices. The music opens with an imitative texture, the upper voices weaving together before the lower voices enter. The text expresses the joy of beholding a beautiful beloved, and the even greater happiness of yearning for them. The composer then escalates this sentiment, declaring that the one who makes their beloved sigh is most fortunate of all. The final lines speak of a fortunate star guiding the lover, whose desire is met and whose heart can be claimed by their beloved's beauty.