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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Non so se quel sorriso
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Non so se quel sorriso
mi schernisce o m’affida
se quel mirarmi fiso
m’alletta o mi diffida.
Gia schernito e deriso
da bella donna infida
non vorrei più che’l core
fosse strazio d’amore.
 
Non vo’ più per dolcezza
d’immaginato bene.
Nutrimi d’amarezza
vivendo sempre in pene,
né per nuova bellezza
portar i lacci e catene,
né graver l’alma ancella
di inferma novella.
 
Se tu vuoi ch’io t’adori
d’amor stella gentile,
ti canti, e ch’io t’onori
su la mia cetra docile
a più degni tesori
a guideron non vile
chiama l’avida speme
che spregiata già teme.
 
Soffrir’io più non voglio
la ferità crudele
d’un cor cinto d’orgoglio,
d’un anima infedele’
Né tra scoglio né tra scoglie
affidar più le vele
della mia libertate
senza certa pietate.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Francesca Caccini (1587 - c1640), "Non so se quel sorriso", published 1618 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Jordyn Elizabeth Beranek) , "I do not know if that smile", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jordyn Elizabeth Beranek

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-19
Line count: 32
Word count: 125

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