Lusinghe più care
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Lusinghe più care
d'Amor veri dardi
Vezzose volate
sul labbro, nei guardi,
e tutta involate
l'altrui libertà.
Gelosi sospetti,
diletti con pene;
fra gioie e tormenti
momenti di spene,
voi l'armi farete
di vaga beltà.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sweetest flattery", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-04-08
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Word count: 35
Sweetest flattery
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Sweetest flattery,
love's truest darts,
You fly charmingly
through others' gazes
and on their lips,
and so rob everyone of liberty.
Jealous suspicions,
delights intertwined with pain,
moments of hope
betwixt joy and anguish:
behold how you make
a weapon out of beauty.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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