Bella porta di rubini
Ch'apri il varco ai dolci accenti,
Se nei risi peregrini
Scopri perle rilucenti,
Tu d'amor dolce aura spiri,
Refrigerio a miei martiri.

Vezzosetta e fresca rosa,
Umidetto e dolce labbro,
Ch'hai la manna rugiadosa
Sul bellissimo cinabro,
Non parlar ma ridi e taci:
Sien gli accenti i nostri baci.

Text Authorship:

• sometimes misattributed to Alberto Donini
• possibly by Andrea Falconieri (1585 - 1656) [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 Andrea Falconieri (1585 - 1656), "Bella porta di rubini" [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Bella porta di rubini", P 71 no. 4 (1906), from Cinque Canti All'antica, no. 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Beautiful portal of rubies", copyright © 2005, (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.
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Word count: 53