A charming woman can do anything (Haym, set by (Georg Friedrich Händel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Tutto può donna vezzosa

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Tutto può donna vezzosa,
s'amorosa
scioglie il labbro, o gira il guardo;

ogni colpo piaga il petto,
se difetto
non v'ha quel che scocca il dardo.

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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), "Tutto può donna vezzosa", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 10. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A charming woman can do anything", 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: 6
Word count: 26

A charming woman can do anything

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

A charming woman can do anything,
if she amorously
releases up her lips or turns her face.

All blows wound the heart
if the darts that inflict them
have no flaws.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 31