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by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803)

Voi semplici amanti
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Voi semplici amanti  
che a donne credete,
son tutte incostanti:
l'esempio vedete,
specchiatevi in me.
Il moto dell'onda,
il soffio dell'aria,
la tremola fronda
sì lieve, sì varia,
sì instabil non è.
Eppur francamente
le udite sovente
vantar fido core,
parlarvi d'amore,
promettervi fé.
Voi semplici amanti
che a donne credete,
da lor rivolgete
sollecito il piè.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Voi semplici amanti", 1784, first performed 1784, from opera Il re Teodoro in Venezia, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
Line count: 19
Word count: 57

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