by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My sweetest bird
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
My sweetest bird that art encaged here, How like (alas!) thine and my fortunes are. Both sing, both singing thus Strive to please him that hath imprisoned us. Only in this we differ, thou and I: Thou singing liv'st, I singing die.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "My sweetest bird" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 42