My favorite madrigal by Claudio Monteverdi (~1567–1643).
lyrics
Ecco mormorar l'onde
e tremolar le fronde
a l'aura mattutina e gli arboscelli,
e sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli
cantar soavemente
e rider l'oriente.
Ecco già l'alba appare
e si specchia nel mare
e rasserena il cielo
e imperla il dolce gelo,
e gli alti monti indora.
O bella e vaga Aurora,
L'aura è tua messaggera,
e tu de l'aura
ch'ogni arso cor ristaura.
Translation:
Here are the waves murmuring
and the foliage rustling
at the morning breeze; and the shrubs,
and on the tree branches the pretty birds
sing softly;
and the east smiles.
Here dawn looms up
and is reflected in the sea
and brightens up the sky
and beads the sweet ice
and gilds the tall mountains.
O beautiful and distant dawn,
the gentle breeze is your herald
and you the herald of the breeze
which refreshes every burnt heart.
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