Beato quei che fido amor

Beato quei che fido amor
Mai seppe meritar!
Ei solcherà senza timor
Di questa vita il mar.

Dovunque lo conduca il ciel,
Gli ride dolce fior;
La gioja non là cuopre un vel,
Si scema ogni dolor.

Ei sente l'alma divam par
Di generoso ardir;
Il vero ei puote sol amar,
Del bello sol gioir.

Felice chi ad un fido sen
Può cheto riposar,
E negl' occhietti del suo ben
Contento si specchiar!

Che in mezzo agli disa striancor
Quel sol gli riderà,
Ed a più bella calma oror
Tutto gli tornerà.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from Vita felice.

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

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Beato quei che fido amor", op. 88 (1803), published 1804, also set in German

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Das Glück der Freundschaft", op. 88 (1803), published 1804, also set in Italian

FRE French (Giuletta Lappo)

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Das Glück der Freundschaft

Der lebt ein Leben wonniglich,
Deß Herz ein Herz gewinnt;
Geteilte Lust verdoppelt sich,
Geteilter Gram zerrinnt.

Beblümte Wege wandelt ab,
Wem trauliches Geleit;
Den Arm die gold'ne Freundschaft gab
In dieser eh'rnen Zeit.

Sie weckt die Kraft und spornt den Mut
Zu schönen Taten nur,
Und nährt in uns die heil'ge Glut
Für Wahrheit und Natur.

Erreichet hat des Glückes Ziel,
Wer eine Freundin fand,
Mit der der Liebe Zartgefühl
Ihn inniglich verband.

Entzückt von ihr, ihr beigesellt,
Verschönert sich die Bahn;
Durch sie allein blüht ihm die Welt
Und Alles lacht ihn an.

by Christoph August Tiedge (1752-1841)

a text in Italian by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from Vita felice. FRE

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

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Das Glück der Freundschaft", op. 88 (1803), published 1804, also set in Italian

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.