In her sweet sleep, although resting | In her sweet sleep, although resting

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Translation © by Mario Giuseppe Genesi

Nel dolce dell'oblio, benchè riposi

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Recitativo:
 Nel dolce dell'oblio, benchè riposi,
 la mia Filli adorata
 veglia coi pensier suoi.
 E in quella quiete Amor non cessa mai,
 con varie forme,
 la sua pace turbar mentre elle dorme.

Aria:
 Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge
 la sembianza del suo bene,
 nella quiete nè pur finge
 d'abbracciar le sue catene
 Giacchè, etc.

Recitativo:
 Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora,
 e nell'ombra respira
 la luce di quel sol per cui sospira.

Aria:
 Ha l'inganno il suo diletto
 se i pensier mossi d'affetto,
 stiman ver ciò che non sanno.
 Ma se poi si risveglia a un tale errore
 il pensier ridica a noi:
 ha l'inganno il suo dolore.
 Ha l'inganno, etc.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Händel

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Nel dolce dell'oblio", alternate title: "Pensieri notturni di Filli", HWV. 134, cantata [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Ton Rooijmans) , "Ook al rust mijn aanbeden Phyllis"
ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , "In her sweet sleep, although resting", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Ton Rooijmans) , "Dans l'oubli du doux sommeil"

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website: 2005-04-22
Line count: 25
Word count: 114

In her sweet sleep, although resting

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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Recitative:
 In her sweet sleep, although resting,
 My adored Phillis
 Awakens through her thoughts
 And in this quietness
 Love never stops in various ways
 to trouble her sleeping peace.

Aria:
 From the moment sleep seems 
 to paint on her face the figure of her bien-aimée,
 during this quietness, sleep seems also 
 to embrace its chains.
 From the moment, etc.

Recitative:
 In this way, she's loyal toward the heart she adores,
 and she breathes like a shadow of the light
 for which she only sighs.

Aria:
 If thoughts, moved by love,
 Deem as true what they do not know,
 This sort of deceit has its charm.
 But if the mind awakens from such an error
 May it speak the truth to us all:
 "This deceit has its charm!"
 If thoughts, etc.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-04-22
Line count: 25
Word count: 130