The foot departs | The foot departs, but the heart remains

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by Carlo Maderni (flourished c1678)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Parte il piè

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Parte il piè, ma resta il core 
Prigionier del tuo bel crin 
Sù quei labbri lascivetti, 
In quegli occhi amorosetti, 
Splende ò bella il mio destin. 
Parte il piè, ma resta il core 
Prigionier del tuo bel crin.

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Confirmed with Carlo Maderni, Sardanapalo: Drama per Musica, Venezia: Presso Francesco Nicolini, 1679, page 51.

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by Carlo Maderni (flourished c1678), "Parte il piè", written 1678-1679, appears in Sardanapalo: Drama per Musica, Venice, Francesco Nicolini, first published 1679 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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The foot departs

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The foot departs, but the heart remains,
Prisoner of your beautiful hair
On those lascivious little lips,
In those amorous little eyes,
Shines, oh beauty, my destiny.
The foot departs, but the heart remains,
Prisoner of your beautiful hair.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Maderni (flourished c1678), "Parte il piè", written 1678-1679, appears in Sardanapalo: Drama per Musica, Venice, Francesco Nicolini, first published 1679
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