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by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)

Canto di Bella Bocca
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Che dolce udire una leggiadra Bocca
tutta lieta cantar versi d'amore
Vaga vezzosa voce
con passaggio veloce
t'alletta ti circonda anzi tocca
e dentro và quasi à baciarti il core
che dolce udire una leggiadra Bocca
tutta lieta cantar versi d'amore
mentre musico labro
spiega d'Amore i pregi
Altro non dice
quel canoro felice
che le gioie che senti
che i diletti che proui
che i tuoi piaceri nuovi
i tuoi vecchi contenti

Dillo ò mio core
che dolce udir una leggiadra Bocca
tutta lieta cantar Versi d'Amore
Quell'aura armonizzata
Da una Gorga canora
ti ravviva e ristora
ti fà l'Alma beata
folle sei se non godi e non cominci
qua giù ristretto in un caduco velo
Tirsi à gustar le melodie del Cielo

Text Authorship:

  • by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660) [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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Canto di Bella Bocca", op. 1 no. 2, published 1644 [vocal duet for soprano and alto and continuo], from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali; a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Chant de la belle bouche", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
Line count: 26
Word count: 124

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