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Francesco Soto de Langa, Il quinto libro delle laudi spirituali a tre & quattro voci del Reverendo P. Francesco Soto, Sacerdote della Congregatione dell’Oratorio (Ferrara: Baldini, 1598). Soto de Langa was a member of the Papal chapel, which was resident in Ferrara for at least six months in 1598, during the city's formal absorption back into the Papal States after the death of the last legitimate Este heir. We have transposed the lowest voice up an octave (mostly), and added continuo on organ and chitarra. Niño que hoy nacido has segun todos dicen de amor moriras. Mui claro tuser des cubre y tu divino semblante, que eres ya perfetto amante aunque’l ser niño lo incubre. Dicen que tanto amaras que herido de amor moriras. Quando el fuego esta encendido dentro del pecho y que arde Es impossible que tarde de arder tambien el vestido. Dicen que tanto amaras Que herido de amor moriras. Child, that today is born, everyone says you will die of love. Very clearly your being shows, and your divine countenance, that you are already a perfect lover, although the child's body disguises it. They say that you will love so much, that wounded by love you will die. When the fire is lit inside the breast and it burns, it is impossible that it will be long before it burns the garment too. They say that you will love so much, that you will die wounded by love. Film by David Lefeber