by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Lamentandomi corro a volo,  
qual colombo che solo solo
va cercando la sua diletta
involata dal cacciator.
E poi misero innamorato
prigioniero le resta a lato,
ma la gabbia pur l'alletta
perché restaci il su' amor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Lamentandomi corro a volo", HWV 20 no. 5 (1726), first performed 1726 [ violins, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Scipione, no. 5

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