First love, joy of heaven | First love, joy of heaven

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Primo amore piacer del ciel

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Primo amore, piacer del ciel! 
penetrasti il mio cor.
Io trovai l'amata, deh! 
Ma di più non è per me.

Scherza un altro coll'amore; 
quando amata l'abbandona,
cercasi un nuovo amore 
e deride ognuna fede.

Non conosce il vero amore, 
chi non sente un gran dolore,
quando l'idolo del core
fugge in braccio d'un altro amante.
 
Ma se il dardo trapuntava 
gl'ambi cuori degli amanti;
e poi viene divisione, 
or sola morte consola,
quando poi viene divisione,
or sola morte, morte deh' pur consola.

Tal amor, piacer del ciel,
penetrava il mio cor.
Io trovai la cara, deh!
Ma di più non è per me.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Primo amore piacer del ciel", WoO. 92. [soprano and orchestra] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "First love, joy of heaven", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Premier amour, joie du ciel", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-22
Line count: 22
Word count: 105

First love, joy of heaven

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

First love, joy of heaven,
you penetrated my heart;
I found my beloved, ah!
But she is no longer mine.

Another is playing with my love;
when [your] beloved abandons [you],
search for a new love
and mock every faith.

Knows not true love
one who does not feel great pain,
when the idol of the heart
flees into the arms of another lover.

But if the arrow gilds
both hearts of the lovers
and then discord comes [between them],
now only death consoles,
when then discord comes [between them],
now only death, death truly consoles.

Such love, joy of heaven,
penetrated my heart.
I found my dear one, ah!
But she is no longer for me.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-12
Line count: 22
Word count: 117