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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dolcissimi legami

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE GER

Dolcissimi legami
di parole amorose,
che mi legò da scherz'e non mi scioglie.
Così egli dunque scherz'e così coglie?
Così l'alme legate
sono ne le catene insidiose?
Almen chi sì m'allaccia
mi leg'ancor fra quelle dolci braccia.

Text Authorship:

by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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), "Dolcissimi legami", published 1590 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 3, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Liens très doux", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße Bande", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

Liens très doux

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Liens très doux
De paroles amoureuses,
Qui me lient en jouant et ne me relâchent pas,
Est-ce ainsi que les âmes sont liées
Dans de subtiles chaînes ?
Au moins que celui qui m'attache
Me lie aussi dans ses doux bras.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-07
Line count: 7
Word count: 40