Tu mi chiedi s'io t'adoro,
Se fedele sono acora,
Se ogni giorno, se ad ogn'ora
Tu sei l'arbitra del cor?
Sì, mio bene, ti son fida,
A te penso in ogni istante.
Tu sei l'angelo, la guida,
La mia gioia, il mio dolor.

Note (courtesy Laura Prichard): The autograph manuscript (c1840, Paris, Ms. 4080) is headed Romanza and Donizetti; it is dedicated to Zélie de Coussy.

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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Tu mi chiedi s'io t'adoro" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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