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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Volgea l'anima mia soavemente
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Volgea l'anima mia soavemente
quel suo caro, e lucente
sguardo, tutto beltà tutto desire,
verso me scintillando, e parea dire:
«Damm'il tuo cor, ché non altronde io vivo.»
E mentre il cor sen vola ove l'invita
quella beltà infinita,
sospirando gridai: «Misero, e privo
del cor, chi mi dà vita?»
Mi rispos'ella in un sospir d'amore:
«Io, che son il tuo core.»

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 62 [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), "Volgea l'anima mia soavemente", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mon âme a tourné doucement", 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.
Line count: 11
Word count: 62

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