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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Perfidissimo volto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Perfidissimo volto,
Ben l'usata bellezza in te si vede
Ma non l'usata fede.
Già mi parevi dir: «Quest'amorose
Luci che dolcemente
Rivolgo à te, sì bell'e sì pietose
Prima vedrai tu spente,
Che sia spento il desio ch'à te le gira.»
Ahi, che spento è'l desio,
Ma non è spento quel per cui sospira
L'abbandonato core!
O volto troppo vago e troppo rio,
Perchè se perdi amore
Non perdi ancor' vaghezza
O non hai pari alla beltà fermezza?

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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), "Perfidissimo volto", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Perfidissimo volto", published 1592 [  vocal quintet ], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 10, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Visage perfide", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-08
Line count: 15
Word count: 78

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