Music of Grieving #classicalmusic #renaissance — Chanson for 6 Voices: Fortuna desperata — Agricola, Alexander (c1446-1506) — http://tinyurl.com/l68vnm

Fortuna desperata
Iniqua e maledecta, maledecta
Che de tal dona electa
La fama hai denigrata.

O morte dispietata
Inimica e crudele, e crudele
Che d'alto più che stelle
L'hai cusì abassata.

Meschino e despietata
Ben piangere posso may, posso may
Et desiro finire,
Desiro finire i mei guay.

†

Desperate fate,
iniquitous and maledicted,
who blackened the good name
of a woman beyond compare.

O relentless death,
inimical and cruel,
that abased her,
who stood higher than the stars.

All alone and in despair,
I can do nothing else than weep,
and I desire my sorrow
to come to an end.