Poet/poetic source: Giovanni Battista Neri (1660-1726)
Poetic form/text type: cantata
Music composer: Giovanni Battista Bassani (c.1650-1716)
Music source: Affetti Canori:: cantate et ariette, opera VI (Giacomo Monti press, Bologna, 1684)
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Che mi giova dir che v'adoro, luci care, se nol credete? Non scherzo fra pene, non fingo catene, ma ben sì moro, e voi sì crude siete. Che mi giova dir che v'adoro luci care se nol credete? |
What use is it to me to say that I adore you, my dear lights [eyes], if you don't believe it? I don't jest admist my pains, nor feign my chains, but I am truly dying, and you are so cruel. What use is it to me to say that I adore you, my dear lights, if you don't believe it? |