by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Deh, coprite il bel seno
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): GER
Deh, coprite il bel seno, Che per troppo mirar l’alma vien meno! Ahi! no'l coprite, no, che l’alma avezza A viver di dolcezza Spera, mirando, aita Da quel bel sen che le dà morte e vita.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Deh, coprite il bel seno", published 1611. [vocal quintet] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Himmel, verhüllt Euren schönen Busen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
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Word count: 36