Fiamenga freda (Cantion Napolitan) - Setting by composer Emanuel Adriaenssen (1584) The song is about an Italian complaining about the cruel and cold Flemish woman he loves. According to the lover, her heart is of diamond, her bosom of ice and her soul is that of a pietist. She does not respond to his words of love; she only answers by repeating - in Dutch - that she does not understand him and that he has to leave her alone. Italian/Dutch Lyrics: Fiamenga freda core di diamante Petto di giaccio & alma d'un fedele Ai come sei crudele rispond' al mio parlar Niet te verstaen, niet te verstaen Et s'io tocco dici laet mi staen. Sei cieca sorda cruda al tuo amante Anzi col servo tuo tante fidele Ay come sei crudele, rispond' al: Ma s'io ti posso un giorno riscaldare Tutta sta lengua ti faro imperare S'entendo il mio parlare In cambio di me dir niet te verstaen Saccio che mi diray tis wel gedaen. Source for the lyrics: www.liederenbank.nl Published in: Adriaenssen, Emanuël, Pratvm mvsicvm longe amoenissimvm, cvivs spatiosissimo, eoqve ivcvndissimo ambitv, (præter varii generis aytomata sev phantasias) comprehendvntvr .....; Antwerp, Petrus Phalesius (printer and publisher), 1584 Emanuel Adriaenssen (born c. 1554, Antwerp, buried 27 February 1604, Antwerp) was a Flemish lutenist and influential author of Pratum Musicum (Antwerp, 1584) (reprinted with alterations several times until 1600). It contains lute solos, and more importantly settings of madrigals for multiple lutes and <b>...</b>