Io lo so, che il bel sembiante 
Un istante, oh Dio! mirai, 
E mai più da quell'istante 
Non lasciai di sospirar.

Io lo so; lo sanno queste
Valli ombrose, erme foreste
Che han da me quel nome amato 
Imparato a replicar.

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Excerpted from "Il consiglio", Cantata VI.

Text Authorship:

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title [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 Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), "Io lo so, che il bel sembiante ", op. 9 no. 3 (c1813), published [1814] [voice and piano], from Sei Canzoni, no. 3, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Io lo so", op. 7 no. 3, from the collection Dodici Ariette, no. 3. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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