Sweet, hidden Cupids (Goldoni) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Amoretti che ascosi qui siete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Amoretti che ascosi qui siete
e volando d’intorno ferite,
ah vi prego da me non venite,
questo cor non venite a piagar.

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in La finta semplice [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sweet, hidden Cupids", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

Sweet, hidden Cupids

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Sweet, hidden Cupids,
who fly all about to shoot your arrows,
pray do not come to me
for the purpose of wounding my heart.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in La finta semplice

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 24