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Matona, mia cara
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Matona mi acara, mi follere canzon
My dear lady, I’d love to sing a song
[Repeat]
Cantar sotto finestra, Lanze bon compagnon
To sing below your window, I’m a lancer, and a good lad
Ti prego m’ascoltare che mi cantar de bon
Please listen to me, for I sing well
[Repeat]
E mi ti foller bene come Greco e capon
And I love you greatly, as a Greek does his capon [chicken]
Com’andar alle cacce, cacciar con le falcon
When I go hunting, hunting with a falcon
[Repeat]
Mi ti portar beccazze, grasse come rognon
I’ll bring you woodcocks as fat as a kidney
Se mi non saper dire tante belle rason
Though I do not know so many elegant phrases
[Repeat]
Petrarca mi non saper, ne fonte d’Helicon
And know nothing of Petrarch, or the fountain of Helicon [where the Greek Muses lived]
Se ti mi foller bene mi none esser poltroon
If you’ll have me, I’m no laggard
[Repeat]
Mi piccar tutta notte, urtar come monton
I’ll make love to you all night long, thrusting like a ram