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O Dafni che di quest' anima amabile diletto, con quelle luci languide, con quelle luci languide non mi guardar così, non mi guardar, non mi guardar così. Tu mi raddoppi in petto lo stral che mi ferì, tu mi raddoppi in petto tu mi raddoppi in petto lo stral che mi ferì. Dal più veloce palpito mi balsail core, oh dio, accesa è tutta l'anima, accesa è tutta l'anima d'un fuoco agitator, du'un fuoco, d'un fuoco agitator. Non mi guardar, ben mio, o morirò d'amor, non mi guardar, ben mio, o morirò d'amor. Dal primo istante, oh Dafni, ch'io ti conobbi, oh dio, con quello sguardo tenero, con quello sguardo tenero che il core mi ferì, che il core, il core, il core mi ferì. Non mi guardar, ben mio, non mi guardar così, non mi guardar, ben mio, non mi guardar così!
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "O Dafni che di quest' anima", also set in Russian (Русский) [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by V. Rozhdestvensky ENG ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
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- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "O Daphne, this soul's dear delight", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-03
Line count: 32
Word count: 143
O Daphne, this soul's dear delight, with those wistful eyes, with those wistful eyes do not look at me so, do not look at me, do not look at me so. You redouble in my breast the shaft that wounded me, you redouble in my breast, you redouble in my breast the shaft that wounded me. With the swiftest of beats my heart pounds, oh my god, inflamed is all my soul, inflamed is all my soul with a blazing fire, with a fire, with a blazing fire. Do not look at me, my sweet, or I shall die of love, do not look at me, my sweet, or I shall die of love. From the first moment, Daphne, that I knew you, oh my god, with that tender gaze, with that tender gaze that tore my heart apart, that tore my heart, my heart, tore my heart apart. Do not look at me, my sweet, do not look at me so, do not look at me, my sweet, do not look at me so!
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2017 by Michael Berridge, (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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-08
Line count: 32
Word count: 175