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by Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938)

Io son l'amore
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Aprite la finestra, o vago fiore,
Or che la notte è scura e il vento tace;
Aprite la finestra, io son l'amore,
Son venuto a rubar la vostra pace.

Avete, o mia crudele, un cor gelato,
Nel quale un fiore non è mai spuntato;

Ma, se volete che vi spunti un fiore,
Lasciatemi passar, ch'io son l'amore!

Amore ha l'ali, o bella, e sa volare,
E, volando ogni dì, vie più s'addestra:
Se per la porta non lo fate entrare,
Egli può ben entrar per la finestra.

Apritemi la porta un sol momento,
Vi giuro, il vostro cor sarà contento:

State sicura, che l'amor non erra,
E proverete il paradiso in terra!

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938) [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Io son l'amore" [
     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: 16
Word count: 112

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