Amaryllis, my lovely one | Amaryllis, my lovely one

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possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) and possibly by Alessandro Guarini

Translation © by Katherine McGuire

Amarilli, mia bella

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE GER IRI POR SPA SPA

Amarilli, mia bella,
Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desio,
D'esser tu l'amor mio?
Credilo pur: e se timor t'assale,
[Dubitar non ti vale.]¹
Aprimi il petto e vedrai scritto in core:
Amarilli, Amarilli, Amarilli
è il mio amore.

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¹ or "prendi questo mio strale"

Text Authorship:

possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
possibly by Alessandro Guarini [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Amarilli, mia bella", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Amarilli, mia bella ", 2002-2013 [ voice and piano ], from Italian Art Songs & Arias, Reimagined, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Katherine McGuire) , "Amaryllis, my lovely one", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Amarilli, beloved", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amaryllis, ma belle", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Amaryllis, meine Schöne", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Amairillín, Ó, a Stóirín", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , "Amarilli, minha bela", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Aminta Iriarte) , "Amarili, mi bella", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Amarilli", copyright © 2003, (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: 8
Word count: 40

Amaryllis, my lovely one

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Amaryllis, my lovely one,
do you not believe, o my heart's sweet desire,
That you are my love?
Believe it thus:  and if fear assails you,
Doubt not its truth.¹
Open my breast and see written on my heart:
Amaryllis, Amaryllis, Amaryllis,
Is my beloved.

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¹ or "take this arrow for mine" (see footnote #1 in original)

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Katherine McGuire, (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) possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) and possibly by Alessandro Guarini
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45