Soupir très doux | Soupir très doux

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by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dolcissimo sospiro

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Dolcissimo sospiro
Ch'esci da quella bocca
Ove d'amor ogni dolcezza fiocca;
Deh, vieni a raddolcire
L'amaro mio dolore.
Ecco, ch'io t'apro il core,
Ma, folle, a chi ridico il mio martire?
Ad'un sospiro errante
Che forse vola in sen ad altro amante.

Text Authorship:

by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Dolcissimo sospiro", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soupir très doux", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 42

Soupir très doux

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Soupir très doux
qui sort de cette bouche,
où chaque mot d'amour a la douceur de la neige.
Ah, viens adoucir
ma douleur amère.
Vois, je t'ouvre mon cœur,
mais, fou que je suis, à qui répéter mon martyre ?
À un soupir errant,
qui peut-être vole vers le sein d'un autre amant.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-08-17
Line count: 9
Word count: 52