Baci soavi e cari

Set by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Baci soavi e cari" [ chorus ], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal [Sung Text]

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Translations available : GER 


Baci soavi e cari,
cibi della mia vita
c'hor m'inviolate 
or mi rendete il core.
Per voi convien ch'impari
come un'alma rapita
non sente il duol di mort'e pur si more.

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße und teure Küsse", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Quant'ha di dolce amore,
perché sempr'io vi baci,
o dolcissime rose,
in voi tutto ripose;
deh, deh s'io potessi 
ai vostri dolci baci
la mia vita finire,
o che dolce morire!

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Alles an Süße hat Amor", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Author(s): Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)