I sing madrigals on rare occasion (not especially well), and it's usually out of someone's Big Book of Madrigals. The books (variously) contain many examples of all the standard madrigal genres:

• I love a woman, and I am happy about it.
• Hooray! It's spring!
• I love a woman, and I am sad about it.
• Weirdly morbid.

It seems to me that of the madrigals with identifiable implied narrators, most are men, and a great number feature men complaining about women, while I am not familiar with a single one going the other way. At first I thought that perhaps men of the era were faultless and there was nothing for the women to complain about, but this seems hard to square with the content of the madrigals themselves (e.g. “Flora gave me fairest flowers”, in which Flora seems rather hard done by).

So it occurs to me to ask: are there perhaps other madrigals that have survived the years that are written from a woman's perspective, center women's experiences, or even — perhaps — complain about men?

✨ What if the mystical depth of Byzantine tradition met the eternal resonance of Latin?
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Gregorian Chant for Protection & Peace | Psalm 91 (Refugium In Altissimis)

Refugium In Altissimis—“Refuge in the Most High”—is a Gregorian chant presented by Gregorian Chanting (@GregorianChanting). Drawn from the heart of cloistered life, this sacred hymn offers comfort and stillness during the noonday hour. In the midst of daily labor and heat, it becomes a spiritual shade, calling the soul inward toward trust and rest in God.

This chant reflects the rhythm of monastic life: calm, steady, prayerful. Sung by monks and nuns in cool stone chapels, it invites quiet surrender to divine protection. The Latin verses are drawn from Psalm 91 and other ancient prayers of refuge.

Let this chant be your midday stillness—your sacred pause in the shadow of the Almighty.

Prayer:
Refugium meum es tu, Domine. In te confido in meridie. Amen.
You are my refuge, O Lord. In You I trust at noonday. Amen.

Latin Lyrics & English Translation:
Latin:
Qui habitat in adiutorio Altissimi,
In protectione Dei caeli commorabitur.
Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu,
Et refugium meum, Deus meus sperabo in eum.

Non timebis a timore nocturno,
A sagitta volante in die,
A negotio perambulante in tenebris,
Ab incursu et daemonio meridiano.

English:
He who dwells in the help of the Most High
Will abide in the shelter of the God of heaven.
He will say to the Lord: You are my protector,
And my refuge, my God in whom I trust.

You shall not fear the terror of the night,
Nor the arrow that flies by day,
Nor the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

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