Ombrose e care selve

Ombrose e care selve, 
se sospirando in flebili sussurri
al nostro lamentar vi lamentaste,
gioite anco al gioire, e tante lingue
sciogliete quante frondi
scherzando al suon di queste 
piene del gioir nostro aure ridenti.
Cantate le venture e le dolcezze
d'Amarilli e di Tirsi,
avventurosi amanti.

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612) , from "Il pastor fide".

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by Sigismondo d'India (1582?-1629?) , "Ombrose e care selve", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 15.

ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator)

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