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E che diavol sarà questo, sempre amar dunque dovrò? Or che sciolta appena resto nove laccio il pie' legò, Non mi val dire: "D'amor son libera, vecchio desire più non mi lacera." Che se per Lidio non sento ardor, altra bellezza ritogliemi il cor. Che malanno ha meco Amore, che si crede alfin di far? S'un mi strusse amando il core a che serve un altro amar? Ma il cattivello perch'io non fuggami vuol ch'un più bello il sen distruggami. S'un viso amabile mi fe' languir, per due begl'occhi mi sento morir.
Authorship
- by Pietro Paolo Bissari (1595 - 1663), "Chiamata a nuovi amori" [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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Chiamata a nuovi amori", op. 2 no. 7, published 1651 [soprano, continuo], from Cantate, ariette, e duetti, no. 7, Gardano, Venice [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Appel à un nouvel amour", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-24
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Pourquoi diable toujours devrais-je aimer ? À peine suis-je libérée un nouveau piège me lie. Il ne me sert à rien de dire : « Je suis libérée de l'amour, les vieux désirs ne me déchirent plus. » Si je ne sens plus d'ardeur pour Lidio, une autre beauté me reprend mon cœur. Qu'est-ce qu'Amour a contre moi, que croit-il à la fin faire ? Si aimer détruit mon cœur à quoi sert un nouvel amour ? Mais le petit rusé puisque je ne m'enfuis pas veut qu'un plus beau me trouble le cœur. Un visage aimable me fait languir, pour deux beaux yeux je me sens mourir.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Paolo Bissari (1595 - 1663), "Chiamata a nuovi amori"
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-17
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