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Cantade et arie

by Alessandro Grandi (1586 - 1630)

Amor, giustizia, amor!
 (Sung text for setting by A. Grandi)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Amor, giustizia, amor!
Io no mi doglio invan.
Vedi, vedi la man’
ladra e rapace
d’impudica mendace
che spoglia il mio tesor.

Amor, giustizia, amor!
Quel cor è mio, quel cor,
quel bacio a me si vien,
quel seno, o Dio, quel sen,
quella bocca e quegl’occhi.
Non vò ch’altra gli tocchi.
Ahi torto, ahi rotta fé!
Si ridono di me
la ladra e il traditor.

Amor, giustizia, amor!
Quel gusto è di rapina,
rubato è quel piacer.
Di furto è quel diletto,
quel ben che ha in suo poter.
Lo tiene a mio dispetto.
O mia giusta querella,
o mio vero dolor!

Amor, giustizia, amor!
A chi parlo infelice?
Giustizia non ritrovo,
amor non m’ode.
Mentre chieggo il mio ben,
altri se il gode.

Text Authorship:

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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):

Set by Alessandro Grandi (1586 - 1630), published 1627, Venice
Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 125
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