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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella,
e perchè vuol mia stella,
non ch'io speri da voi, dolce mio bene, 
altro che pene.
E se talor gli occhi miei mostrate
aver qualche pietate,
io non spero da voi del pianger tanto 
altro che pianto.
Nè, perchè udite i miei sospiri ardenti 
che per voi sprago a i venti,
altro spera da voi questo mio core
se non dolore.
Lasciate pur ch'io v'ami e ch'io vi miri
e che per voi sospiri,
chè pene pianto e doglia è sol mercede 
de la mia fede.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella", 2021, copyright © 2021 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Canzoni d'amore, no. 4, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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