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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

O come se' gentile
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
O come se' gentile,
caro augellino! O quanto
è il mio stato amoroso al tuo simìle!
Tu prigion, io prigion; tu canti, io canto;
tu canti per colei
che t'ha legato, ed io canto per lei.
Ma in questo è differente
la mia sorte dolente:
che giova pur a te l'esser canoro;
vivi cantando, ed io cantando moro.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Avventuroso augello", appears in Rime, no. 52, first published 1598 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-26
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