Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ti voglio amar, se la terra tremasse,
ti voglio amar, se il ciel cadesse a terra,
ti voglio amar, se tu m'abbandonassi,
se tu m'abbandondonassi,
se gli occhi miei a tuoi facesser guerra
e gli occhi tuoi ai me guerra faranno.
Ti voglio amar, se contenta sarai.

Note for line 3, word 6: the original text has "m'abbandonasse", which is not grammatically correct but is an "idiotismo fiorentino" (Florentine idiom)

Note for Viardot-García's setting: when line 7 is repeated, the altered words "contenta sarai" revert to the original "contenti saranno".

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 54