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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ov'è, lass', il bel viso?
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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Ov'è, lass', il bel viso? ecco, ei s'asconde.
Oimè, dov'il mio sol? Lasso, che velo
S'è post'inanti Te rend'oscur'il cielo?
Oimè ch'io il chiamo et veggio; ei non risponde.
Deh, se mai sieno a tue vele seconde
Aure, dolce mio ben, se cangi pelo
Et loco tardi, et se'l signor di Delo
Gratia et valor nel tuo bel sen'asconde,
Ascolta i miei sospiri et dà lor loco
Di volger in amor l'ingiusto sdegno,
Et vinca tua pietade il duro sempio.
Vedi qual m'arde et mi consuma fuoco;
Qual fie scusa miglior, qual maggior segno
Ch'io son di viva fede et d'amor tempio!

Text Authorship:

  • 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 Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), "Ov'è, lass', il bel viso?", first performed 1987 [chorus], from Madrigali: Six "Firesongs" on Italian Renaissance Poems, no. 1, madrigal [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 102

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