by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
Amor l'ali m'impenna
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Amor l'ali m'impenna, [Amor caro, amor dolce]1, amor felice, Tal [ch'i'non]2 spero più nè più mi lice. Passò monti e procelle, Passò [il cielo]3 e le stelle... Del piacer [questo è il]4 regno! Ah mia fortuna non se l'abbia a sdegno! Questo, questo m'accora, Ch'altri cadèo dal paradiso ancora!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Caccini: "Amor dolce, amor caro"
2 Caccini: "che non"
3 Caccini: "'l ciel"
4 Caccini: "quest'è 'l" ; Hawley: "quest' è il"
Text Authorship:
- by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595), "Madrigale", appears in Rime amorose extravaganti, no. 61 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Amor l'ali m'impenna" [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Amor l'ali m'impenna", first performed 2000 [ SATBB chorus a cappella ], from Tre Rime di Tasso, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 49