by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Lusinghe più care
d'Amor veri dardi
Vezzose volate
sul labbro, nei guardi,
e tutta involate
l'altrui libertà.

Gelosi sospetti,
diletti con pene;
fra gioie e tormenti
momenti di spene,
voi l'armi farete
di vaga beltà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Lusinghe più care", HWV 21 (1726), first performed 1726 [ strings and soprano voice ]

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sweetest flattery", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-04-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 35