by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Con che soavità, labbra odorate
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Con che soavità, labbra adorate, e vi bacio e v'ascolto; ma se godo un piacer, l'altro m'è tolto. Come i vostri diletti s'ancidono fra lor, se dolcemente vive per ambe due l'anima mia? Che soave armonia fareste, o cari baci, o dolci detti, se foste unitamente d'ambe due le dolcezze ambo capaci, baciando, i detti, e ragionando, i baci.
Text Authorship:
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), "Con che soavità, labbra odorate", published 1619 [ voice and instrumental ensemble (9 instruments) ], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Beate Binnig) , "With what gentleness", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Avec quelle douceur, lèvres adorées", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , "Mit welcher Sanftheit", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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