“Lasciate l’Ombre” is a setting of an excerpt from Luigi Tansillo, as quoted by Giordano Bruno in La Cena de le ceneri. A bit of research reveals that Bruno’s citation differs from Tansillo’s original poem. Duly noted. My setting is based on the randomized four-pitch diatonic chords that I’ve used in several pieces.
My translation of the text:
Leave the shadows and embrace the truth;
Don’t exchange the present for the future.
I don’t despair of a better day:
But, to live with more joy and security,
I enjoy the present and hope for the future.
Thus I enjoy double sweetness.
