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Malinconia, Ninfa gentile

Language: Italian

 Malinconia, Ninfa gentile,
 la vita mia consacro a te;
 i tuoi piaceri chi tiene a vile,
 ai piacer veri nato non è.

 Fonti e colline chiesi agli Dei;
 m'udiro alfine, pago io vivrò,
 né mai quel fonte co' desir miei,
 né mai quel monte trapasserò.


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):

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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