by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bel piacere è godere,
È godere fido amor!
Questo fà contento il core.

Di bellezza non s'apprezza
lo splendor;
Se non vien d'un fido core.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Bel piacere è godere", HWV 6 no. 45 (1709), first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 45, Poppea's aria

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A great pleasure it is to enjoy", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Kevin Findlan , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
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Word count: 25