by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Semplicetto! A donna credi?
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Semplicetto! A donna credi?  
Se la vedi, che ti mira,
che sospira, pensa e di':
ingannar potrebbe ancor.

Quei sospiri lusinghieri,
quelli sguardi a volger tardi,
menzogneri fa così,
senza amar, mostrare amor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Semplicetto! A donna credi?", HWV 35 no. 11 (1735), first performed 1735, from opera Alcina, no. 11

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Simpleton! You believe women?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-17
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Word count: 33