by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Diè lusinghe, diè dolcezza
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Diè lusinghe, diè dolcezza,  
non fatica, non asprezza,
sorte amica alla beltà.

Nasce questa a molli affetti
e a temprar ne' fieri petti
la crudel ferocità.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Diè lusinghe, diè dolcezza", HWV 42 no. 6 (1741), first performed 1741, from opera Deidamia, no. 6

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Auspicious fortune", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 26