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by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494)

Candida mia colomba
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Candida mia colomba qual è toa forma degna?
Qual cosa più simiglia a la toa gran beltade?
Augello de l'Amor, segno di pace,
Come debio nomarti,
Che nulla cosa quanto te me piace?
Arboscel mio fronzuto,
Dal paradiso colto,
Qual forza di natura
Te ha fatto tanto adorno
Di schietto tronco e de odorate foglie,
E de tanta vaghezza,
Che in te racolte son tutte mie voglie?
Lucida perla colta ove se coglie
Di preziose gemme ogni richeza,
Dove l'unda vermiglia abunda in zoglie,
E sopra el lito suo le sparge intorno,
Serà già mai ventura
Che a me dimostri sì benigno il volto,
Che da te speri aiuto?
Candida mia colomba
Augella de l'Amor, segno di pace...
Arboscel mio fronzuto,
Dal paradiso colto...
Lucida perla...

Text Authorship:

  • by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494) [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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "Candida mia colomba", 1935. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 126

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