Mai non intesi per altro sguardo
Quel dolce strale, che l’alme1 impiaga.
Questo, ch’io sento è il primo dardo,
E sarà questa l’ultima piaga.

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Confirmed with Matteo Noris, Penelope la casta, Rome: Pe 'l Buagni, 1696, page 56.

¹ this is the spelling in both the original libretto and manuscript, but the word is almost certainly "alma"

Text Authorship:

• by Matteo Noris (1640 - 1714), no title, written 1696, appears in Penelope la casta, Rome: Pe 'l Buagni, first published 1696 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661 - 1756), "Mai non intesi per altro sguardo", 1696, first performed 1696 [ voice and basso continuo or orchestra ], Verified with IMSLP manuscript [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Never meant for another gaze", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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