Languir per una bella

Languir per una bella    
e star lontan da quella,
è il più crudel tormento
che provar possa un cor.
Forse verrà il momento;
ma non lo spero ancor.
Contenta quest'alma
in mezzo alle pene
sol trova la calma
pensando al suo bene,
che sempre costante
si serba in amor.

Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Angelo Anelli (1761 - 1820) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Languir per una bella", 1813, first performed 1813, from the opera L'italiana in Algeri, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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