Solely through you, sweet love (Braccioli, set by (Antonio Vivaldi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Grazio Braccioli (1682 - 1752)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Sol per te mio dolce amore

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Sol per te mio dolce amore    
questo core
avrà pace avrà conforto.

Le tue vaghe luci belle
son le stelle,
onde amor m'addita il porto.

Authorship

by Grazio Braccioli (1682 - 1752) [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Sol per te mio dolce amore", RV 728 (1727), first performed 1727 [flute, strings, soprano voice], from the opera Orlando furioso [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Solely through you, sweet love", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

Solely through you, sweet love

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Solely through you, sweet love,
this heart shall find peace and repose.

Your dear, beautiful eyes are the stars
through which Cupid guides me to port.

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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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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Grazio Braccioli (1682 - 1752)

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 26