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Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare

Language: Italian

Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare,
[No, nol]1 credete, pupille care,
Ne men per gioco v'ingannerò.

Voi foste e siete le mie faville,
E voi sarete, care pupille,
Il mio bel foco finch'io vivrò.


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1 Weber: "Non lo" (overheard on a recording)

Input by John Glenn Paton

Authorship

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 (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (Christie Turnage)
    * GER German (G. Friedrich)
    * FRE French (Louis Crevel de Charlemagne)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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