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Felice primavera Di bei pensier fiorisce nel mio core Novo lauro d'amore A cui ride la terra e il ciel d'intorno, E di bel manto adorno Di giacinti e viole il Po si veste: Danzan le ninfe oneste e i pastorelli E i susurranti augelli in fra le fronde Al mormorar de l'onde: e vaghi fiori Donan le Grazie a i pargoletti Amori.
Authorship:
- by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Felice primavera" [four-part chorus] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title 1: "Kevät on onnen aikaa!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Freud'bringender Lenz", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Printemps joyeux", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 63
Kevät on onnen aikaa! Sydämeni on täynnä suloisia ajatuksia; niistä versoo Amorin uusi laakeriseppele. Sille hymyilee maa ja taivas sen yllä, ja kauniiseen viittaan, hyasinteilla ja orvokeilla koristettuun, verhoutuu Po-joki. Rehelliset nymfit tanssivat paimenten kanssa. Visertelevät linnut oksillansa, aaltojen solina ja ihanat kukat sulostuttavat lemmenjumalien leikkiä.
Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2009 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 46