Around my idol | Around my idol

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by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606 - 1650)

Translation © by Katherine McGuire

Intorno all'idol mio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Intorno all'idol mio spirate pur, spirate,
Aure, Aure soavi e grate,
E nelle guancie elette
Baciatelo per me,
Cortesi, cortesi aurette!

Al mio ben, che riposa
Su l'ali della quiete,
Grati, grati sogni assistete
E il mio racchiuso ardore
Svelate gli per me,
O larve, o larve d'amore!

Text Authorship:

by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606 - 1650) [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 Antonio Cesti (1623 - 1669), "Intorno all'idol mio" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Katherine McGuire) , "Around my idol", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Rings um meinen Angebeteten", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 48

Around my idol

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Around my idol
Breathe, merely breathe,
Winds sweet and gracious
And on the favored cheeks
Kiss him for me, courtly breezes!

In my love who rests
On the wings of peace
Pleasant dreams provoke.
And my hidden ardor
Reveal to him for me
O spirits of love.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606 - 1650)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 47