Lyrics translation

Something very special this month: the English translation of lyrics for Musica Temprana. A small fragment from my favourite song, Xácara: Según veo el Aparato – Roque Ceruti (Milán, ca. 1686- Lima, 1760):
VI
Vino a Nazaret el Nuncio
y al ver la belleza rara
de la Novia se quedaron:
él suspenso, ella turbada.
Que mucho si aun el Altísimo
le complació aquesta Párvula.
VI
To Nazareth came the Harbinger
and on seeing the Bride’s
rare beauty, they stood:
he enraptured, she perturbed.
For that lass for sure
pleased the Most High!
The CD’s title is La Esfera de Apolo. Music from 18th century Lima, Peru. It will be available from mid December, through www.musicatemprana.com