If these timid lips | If these timid lips

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by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se il labbro timido

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Chosen for Diff

Se il labbro timido  
scoprir non osa
la fiamma ascosa
per lui ti parlino
queste pupille
per lui ti svelino
tutto il mio cor.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Se il labbro timido", K 135 no. 10, first performed 1772 [ 2 flutes, strings, soprano voice ], from opera Lucio Silla, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If these timid lips", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-08
Line count: 7
Word count: 24

If these timid lips

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Chosen for Diff

If these timid lips
dare not reveal a hidden flame,
for them, let my eyes speak:
let them reveal my whole heart.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 22