by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Deh! bella e cara e sí soave un tempo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Deh! bella e cara e sí soave un tempo cagion del viver mio, mentre a Dio piacque, volgi una volta, volgi quelle stelle amorose, come le vidi mai, cosí tranquille e piene di pietà, prima ch'i' moia, ché 'l morir mi sia dolce. E dritto è ben che, se mi fûro un tempo dolci segni di vita, or sien di morte que' begli occhi amorosi; e quel soave sguardo, che mi scorse ad amare, mi scorga anco a morire; e chi fu l'alba mia, del mio cadente dí l'espero or sia.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 3, lines 332-346 [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), "Deh! bella e cara e sí soave un tempo", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 10, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "¡Ah! Bella amada, tan suave en otro tiempo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ah ! belle et chère et si douce un temps", copyright © 2012, (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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