Tell me, God of Love | Tell me, God of Love, tell me what

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Dimmi, amor

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Dimmi amor, dimmi che fa 
La mia cara libertà?
Da che andò, come sai tu,
Alegarsi ad un bel crine,
Questo cor pien di ruine
Non l'ha poi rivista più!
Dimmi amor, dimmi che fa 
La mia cara libertà?

Un pensier il cor mandò
A trovarla in sue catene;
Ma per crescer le mie pene 
Il pensier mai non tornò!
Dimmi amor, dimmi che fa 
La mia cara libertà?
Dimmi amor, dimmi che fa 
La mia cara libertà?

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 Arcangelo del Leuto (15?? - 16??), "Dimmi, amor" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Tell me, God of Love", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Sag' mir, Amor", copyright © 2009, (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: 16
Word count: 78

Tell me, God of Love

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Tell me, God of Love, tell me what
my dear freedom is doing.
Since it went away, as you know,
to tie itself to a handsome head of hair,
this -my- heart has not 
seen it ever again.
Tell me, God of Love, tell me what
my dear freedom is doing.

The heart sent a thought
to find it lying in chains;
but to increase my pains
the thought has never ever returned.
Tell me, Cupid, tell me what
my dear freedom is doing.
Tell me, Cupid, tell me what
my dear freedom is doing.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 95