by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Per questa bella mano
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Per questa bella mano,
Per questi vaghi rai
Giuro, mio ben, che mai
Non amerò che te.
L'aure, le piante, i sassi,
Che i miei sospir ben sanno,
A te qual sia diranno
La mia costante fé.
Volgi lieti o fieri sguardi,
Dimmi pur che m'odi o m'ami,
Sempre acceso ai dolci dardi,
Sempre tuo vo' che mi chiami,
Né cangiar può terra o cielo
Quel desio che vive in me.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "For this beautiful hand", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pour cette belle main", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 71
For this beautiful hand
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
For this beautiful hand
For these lovely eyes
I swear, my dear, that
I shall love none but you.
The breeze, the stones and trees
that know well my sighs
will tell you all you want
that I am undyingly true.
Give me happy or haughty looks
Even tell me you hate or love me
Always, you may have ambrosial arrows,
Always, it is your voice above me.
Neither earth nor heaven can dim
The longing that lives within.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 79