Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung | Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung

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Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Spesso vibra per suo gioco

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Spesso vibra per suo gioco
Il bendato pargoletto
Strali d'oro in umil petto,
Stral di ferro in nobil core.

Poi languendo in mezzo alfoco
Del diverso acceso strale per oggetto
Non eguale questo manca, 
E quel vien meno.

Spesso vibra per suo gioco
Il bendato pargoletto
Strali d'oro in umil petto,
Stral di ferro in nobil seno.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "Spesso vibra per suo gioco" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The blindfolded child often lets fly", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

 Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung
 der Knabe
 mit verbundenen Augen
 goldene Pfeile in ein demütiges Herz.
 
 Dann, schmachtend im Feuer
 des glutverbreitenden Pfeils,
 als ungleiches Ziel,
 vergeht dieser, und jener fällt in Ohnmacht.

 Oftmals schießt zu seiner Belustigung
 der Knabe
 mit verbundenen Augen
 stählerne Pfeile in ein hoffärtiges Herz.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 50