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Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Semplicetto! A donna credi?

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Semplicetto! A donna credi?  
Se la vedi, che ti mira,
che sospira, pensa e di':
ingannar potrebbe ancor.

Quei sospiri lusinghieri,
quelli sguardi a volger tardi,
menzogneri fa così,
senza amar, mostrare amor.

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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Semplicetto! A donna credi?", HWV 35 no. 11 (1735), first performed 1735, from opera Alcina, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Simpleton! You believe women?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

Simpleton! You believe women?

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Simpleton! You believe women?
If you see one who looks at you,
sighs, thinks and talks:
she could yet deceive you again!

Those flattering sighs,
those late-turning glances,
they thus regularly lie,
showing love without loving.

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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: 2019-11-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 36