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by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)

Chi creder mai poteva
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Chi creder mai poteva  
che dolce, e caro un mio nascente amore
cagionar mi dovea sì gran dolore?
In quanti rei pensieri
sta confuso il mio cor! Freme, s'aggira,
smania, sbalza, delira, e in un momento
da mille furie tormentar mi sento!
Barbaro amore, ah tu lo stral dorato
vibrasti in me per darmi con inganni
brevissimo contento e lunghi affanni.
 	
O lusinghiero amor,  
se il caro ben m'involi
da me che più pretendi,
che sempre più m'accendi
co' le tue fiamme il cor?
O lusinghiero amor,
se sordo ai miei lamenti
già ti mostrasti appieno,
toglimi omai dal seno
un sì ostinato ardor.
Tra cento furie, e cento
palpita l'alma mia,
ma più mi dà tormento
la fiera gelosia,
che il cor sta a lacerarmi
con barbaro furor.
Ma voce tenera
nel cor mi dice
che avrò per premio
quel dì felice
che calma, e giubilo
darà al mio cor.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825) [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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "O lusinghiero amor", alternate title: "Chi creder mai poteva", 1816, first performed 1816, from the opera La gazzetta, no. 11. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-03
Line count: 32
Word count: 151

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