Sweet eyes, darts of love | Sweet eyes, darts of love

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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

V'adoro, pupille

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

V'adoro, pupille,
saette d'amore,
le vostre faville
son grate nel sen.

Pietose vi brama
il mesto mio core,
ch'ogn'ora vi chiama
l'amato suo ben.

Text Authorship:

by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [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), "V'adoro, pupille", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 19. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sweet eyes, darts of love", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 24

Sweet eyes, darts of love

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Sweet eyes, darts of love,
I adore you.
Your sparks are welcome guests
in my breast.

My sorrowful heart desires you
to be merciful,
for its beloved calls out
unceasingly for you.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 32