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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Apri le luci, e mira

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Apri le luci, e mira  
gli ascosi altrui martiri:
v'è chi per te sospira,
e non l'intendi ancor.

E in tacita favella
col fumo de' sospiri,
ti scopre, oh dèi! la bella
fiamma, che le arde il sen.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Apri le luci, e mira", HWV 33 no. 3, from opera Ariodante, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Open your eyes, and see", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

Open your eyes, and see

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Open your eyes, and see
another's hidden suffering:
you still have no idea
that someone else sighs for you.

In a silent speech,
with the smokescreen a sigh affords,
she reveals to you (Gods!) 
her dear flame which burns her heart.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (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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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 41