Donna, quanto più a dentro

Donna, quanto più a dentro
conobbi il vostro core, 
tanto a darvi credenza io son più tardo.
Né stimo quel di fuore, 
io dico: un vago inchino, un dolce sguardo,
un dir "nel foco io ardo",
un scolorir di viso, 
un dolente sospir un lieto riso.

by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)

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

by Sigismondo d'India (1582?-1629?) , "Donna, quanto più a dentro", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 4.

ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator)

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