Pierre Guédron – Cessez mortels – Si tu veux apprendres | Arwen Myers & John Lenti

Pierre Guédron's (c 1570-1620) airs de cours "Cessez mortels" & "So tu veux apprendres," performed by soprano Arwen Myers & John Lenti on Baroque guitar. Footage courtesy of WFIY & Indianapolis EMF. 0:00 Cessez mortels de soupirer 3:54 Si tu veux apprendres Recorded live at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. Translations: Mortals, stop sighing, Her beauty is deathless; It’s okay to adore her But not to be in love with her. Only the gods love so nobly. He’d become quite insensible, He who aspired to such bliss, If her lovely eyes should wound him He’d then accomplish his own martyrdom For only the gods Can love so nobly Her grace, her limpid eyes Can’t be moved by flattery Queen of beauty and of hearts She retains her scepter and her empire; For only the gods Can love so nobly In fact these divine qualities With which heaven adorned her at birth Defend her even from the gods Not to love her, but only to hope Rather to obtain by loving her a glorious torment. But only the gods Can love so nobly.