by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803)
Se voi bramate
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Se voi bramate il nostro amore, l'arte imparate di farvi amar. I vezzi teneri, i dolci modi, il tratto amabile sono quei nodi che il cor ci possono incatenar. Col ruvido impero, coll'aspra favella, col ciglio severo, di giovine bella invan pretendete l'affetto acquistar. Se ancor non l'intende tu meglio, o Sandrino, a quel babbuino la scuola puoi far.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803) [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 Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Se voi bramate", 1784, first performed 1784, from opera Il re Teodoro in Venezia, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If you desire our love", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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