by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
A un giro sol de' begl'occhi lucenti
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
A un giro sol de' begl'occhi lucenti ride l'aria d'intorno, e 'l mar s'acqueta e i venti, e si fa il ciel d'un altro lume adorno, sol io le luci ho lagrimose e meste. Certo quando nasceste cosí crudel e ria, nacque la morte mia.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, without number [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "A un giro sol de' begl'occhi lucenti", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 11, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À un seul regard de tes beaux yeux brillants", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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