Friendly woods | Friendly woods, shady plants

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Pauline Kroger

Selve amiche, ombrose piante

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: DUT ENG GER

Selve amiche, ombrose piante,
Fido albergo del mio core,
Chiede a voi quest'alma amante
Qualche pace al suo dolore.

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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Selve amiche, ombrose piante" [sung text checked 1 time]
by José Carlos do Amaral Vieira Filho (b. 1952), "Selve amiche, ombrose piante", op. 50c (1969) [ voice and piano ], harmonization of the Caldara song [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , "Vriendelijke bossen", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Pauline Kroger) , "Friendly woods", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Freundliche Wälder, schattige Haine", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 19

Friendly woods

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Friendly woods, shady plants,
Loyal shelter for my heart,
this loving soul asks from you
some peace from my grief.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2004 by Pauline Kroger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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: 2004-03-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 20