Sighs of fire | Sighs of fire

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by Giovanni Faustini (1615 - 1651)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Sospiri di foco

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Sospiri di foco,
Che l'aure inflammate,
Leggeri volate
Intorno al mio bene.
E l'aspre mie pene
Narrategli un poco.
Sospiri, sospiri di foco,
Sospiri, sospiri di foco!

Aurette leggere,
Che udite il mio duolo,
Portatevi a volo
Al sen di chi adoro,
E dite ch'io moro
In doglie severe,
Aurette, aurette leggere,
aurette, aurette leggere.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Faustini (1615 - 1651) [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 Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676), "Sospiri di foco", from the opera [selections] Elena rapita da Teseo [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , title 1: "Sighs of fire", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Aline Perrin) , title 1: "Soupirs de feu", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Marie-Claire Herman

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 55

Sighs of fire

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Sighs of fire,
That inflame the breezes,
Lightly fly
Around my beloved.
And my harsh pains
Tell to him a little.
Sighs, sighs of fire,
Sighs, sighs of fire!

Light breezes,
Who hear my sorrow,
Carry yourselves in flight
To the breast of the one I adore,
And say that I die
In severe pain,
Breezes, light breezes,
Breezes, light breezes.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Faustini (1615 - 1651)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 61