If Florindo is faithful | If Florindo is faithful

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by Domenico Filippo Contini

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se Florindo è fedele

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER POR SPA

Se Florindo è fedele 
io m'innamorerò.

Potrà ben l'arco tendere 
il faretrato arcier,
Ch'io mi saprò difendere 
d'un guardo lusinghier.
Preghi, pianti e querele, 
io non ascolterò.
Ma se sarà fedele 
io m'innamorerò.

Text Authorship:

by Domenico Filippo Contini [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 Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "Se Florindo è fedele", first performed 1698 [violin, soprano voice, and continuo], from the opera La donna ancora è fedele [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If Florindo is faithful", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si Florindo est fidèle", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Falls Fiorindo treu ist", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , "Se Florinda for fiel", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Si Florindo es fiel", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 33

If Florindo is faithful

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If Florindo is faithful,
I shall fall in love for sure.

The archer, fully equipped,
may well draw his bow,
but I will know how to defend myself
from a seductive glance.
Prayers, weeping, complaints:
No heed shall I pay to these.
But if he remains faithful,
I shall fall in love.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Domenico Filippo Contini
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 52