Estampie - Ben E Crudele - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Estampie - Ben E Crudele




Ben E Crudele
Ben E Crudele
Ben è crudele e spietoso
He's cruel and merciless,
Ki non si move a gran dolore
Who's not moved with grief,
De la pena del Salvatore
At the pain of the Savior,
Che di noi fo si amoroso!
Who for us was filled with so much love!
Amoroso veramente
Truly loving us
Fo di noi, cum gran pientança
He was, with great sorrow
Poi ke d'alto 'nnipotente
That from above in almighty power
Discese ad nostra semblanca
He descended in our likeness
Or, non fo grande disianca
Now, is it not a great disgrace,
Per noi prender humanitate
That he took on human nature for us
Et darsi in altrui podestand
And gave himself into the power of others?
Quei ke sovr'ogá è poderoso?
He who is powerful over all?
Riposo I Camin et forte
Rest, I travel and fight
Ci trovo, ciascuna dia!
I find it every day!
Picciol tante, i volse morte
Little children, he willed to death
Dar Erode cum fellunia:
Herod, with their treachery:
Cristo e loseppo cum Maria
Christ and Joseph with Mary
Fuggiero in terra d'Egipto
Fled into the land of Egypt
Et canpar per tal respicto
And escaped by such means
De li mani del niquitoso
From the hands of the wicked man
Niquitoso, fals' e reo
Wicked, false, and evil,
Trovo'l popolo iudaico
I found the Jewish people,
Predicando'l vero deo
Preaching the true God.
Ciascun, farisei' et laico
Everyone, Pharisees and laity
Più for duri k'aciaio indonaco
Harder than unbendable steel
D'intendar, quella gente praca!
To hear, those people pray!
Quant'esso più miraculava
The more he performed miracles,
Ciascun gli era più indivioso
The more envious everyone was of him.
Indiviosi miscredenti
Envious, unbelieving,
Quanto cristo iniuriaste!
How you wronged Christ!
Sanicando vostre gente
Healing your people,
Suscitando, l'accusaste
Raising them up, you accused him
Ad Pilato, et puoi pigliaste
To Pilate, then you took
Comparandolo dal traditore
Comparing him to the traitor
Ke suo ministr'er' e factore
Who was his servant and betrayer
Per tornamentarlo, glorioso!
To torment him gloriously!





Writer(s): michael popp


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