Se l'aura spira (Anonymous, set by G. Frescobaldi) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa,
la fresca rosa ridente sta,
la siepe ombrosa di bei smeraldi
d'estivi caldi timor non ha.
A balli, a balli, liete venite,
ninfe gradite, fior di beltà.

Or, che sì chiaro il vago fonte
dall'alto monte al mar sen' va.
Suoi dolci versi spiega l'augello,
e l'arboscello fiorito sta.
Un volto bello al l'ombra accanto
sol si dia vanto d'haver pieta.
Al canto, al canto, ninfe ridenti,
Scacciate i venti di crudelta.

Input by Sanna Mansikkaniemi

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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English

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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