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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Uri Liebrecht

Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE SPA

Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami,
Dimmi che mia tu sei.
E non invidio ai Dei
La lor' divinità!
Con un tuo sguardo solo,
Cara, con un sorriso
Tu m'apri il paradiso
Di mia felicità!

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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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Dimmi, ben mio", op. 82 (Vier Arietten und ein Duett) no. 1 (1811), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wayne L. Davies (b. 1975), "Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Uri Liebrecht) , "Say, my love, you love me", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dis-moi, mon amour", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Di, amor mío", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Say, my love, you love me

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Say, my love, you love me,
Say that you are mine
And I will not envy
The gods their power divine.
With one single look from you,
My dear, with just one smile
You will show me paradise,
Blissful content the while.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 42