A Serpina penserete

A Serpina penserete    
qualche volta, e qualche dì
e direte: "Ah! poverina,
cara un tempo ella mi fu."
(Ei mi par che già pian piano
s'incomincia a intenerir.)

S'io poi fui impertinente,
mi perdoni: malamente
mi guidai: lo vedo, sì.
(Ei mi stringe per la mano,
meglio il fatto non può gir.)

Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [ 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 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "A Serpina penserete", from the opera La Serva Padrona [ sung text checked 1 time]

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