by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Chi vuol aver felice e lieto il core
Language: Italian (Italiano)
[Chi vuol aver]1 felice e lieto il core, non segua il crudo Amore, quel lusinghier che ancide, quando più scherza e ride; ma tema di beltà, di leggiadria l'aura fallace e ria. Al pregar non risponda, alla promessa non creda: e se s'appressa, fugga pur, che baleno è quel ch'alletta; né mai balena Amor, se non saetta.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Monteverdi: "Chi vol haver"
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Chi vuol aver felice", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 17. [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Chi vol haver felice e lieto il core", published 1638 [vocal quintet], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 17, a 5 voci, cantato a voce piena, alla francese [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator) , "If you wish your heart to be happy and gay"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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