by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Quanto ha di dolce amore
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  GER
[Quanto ha]1 di dolce amore,
perché [sempre io]2 vi baci,
o dolcissime rose,
in voi tutto ripose;
deh, deh s'io potessi 
ai vostri dolci baci
la mia vita finire,
o che dolce morire!

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1 Monteverdi: "Quant'ha"
2 Monteverdi: "sempr'io"

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Alles an Süße hat Amor", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Alles an Süße hat Amor
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Alles an Süße hat Amor,
weshalb ich euch stets küsse,
ihr süßesten Rosen,
in euch verborgen;
ach, könnt ich 
unter euren süßen Küssen
mein Leben schließen,
welch süßer Tod wär dies!

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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
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Word count: 31