by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
O occhi miei che vedeste
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): GER
O occhi miei che vedeste Il bell’Idolo nostro in pred’altrui Con all’hor ambi vi chiudeste’? E tu, anima mia, com’al gran duolo Non te ne gisti à volo? Ahi ch’io passo ben dire Ch’il soverochio dolor Non fa morire.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Angelo Notari (1566 - 1663), "O occhi miei che vedeste", published 1613 [2 sopranos, theorbo, instrumental ensemble], from Prime musiche nuove à una, due, et tre Voci, per Cantare con la Tiorba, et altri Strumenti, no. 2, London [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Meine Augen, als ihr eure Angebetete saht", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-06
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Word count: 39