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Donna, perchT mi veggi altra mirareballata by Paolo da Firenze SourcesParis: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds italien 568, fol. 81 (2/2).Editions1. Italian Secular Music: Bartolino da Padova, Egidius de Francia, Giulielmus de Francia, Don Paolo da Firenze, edited by W. Thomas Marrocco, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1975. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century IX, p. 122.2. The Music of Fourteenth-Century Italy, edited by Nino Pirrotta and Ursula Günther, Rome: American Institute of Musicology. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 8/VI. [forthcoming] Text EditionsCORSI, Giuseppe. Poesie musicali del Trecento, Bologna: Commissione per i testi di lingua, 1970, p. 276.TextDonna, perchT mi veggi altra mirare.giammai non creder ch'io da te speranza lievi nT disio. Ma nello stato amoroso esser voglio seguendo te, Dian'ora novella. e come Amor d'amor veste, me spoglio l'amor d'ogn'altra che mostrasse bella. E pi· che mai mia alma t'F ancella: servazo, il qual port'io per mie dolceza non mi torn'in rio. TranslationLady, though you may see me looking at another woman.never believe that I have ceased making you the object of my hope and desire. Indeed I wish to be in an amorous state following you, new Diana; and, as Love wraps me in love, I cast off the love of any other woman whom I ever thought beautiful. And more than ever my soul is your servant. May my allegiance, which I owe you for my sweet pleasure, not turn into sorrow. Text revision and translation © Giovanni Carsaniga |
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