by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  GER
Quanto ha di dolce amore,
perché sempre 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!

Composition:

    Set to music by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Quanto ha di dolce amore", published 1594 [ chorus ], madrigal for five voices

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

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


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