Amarilli, mia bella

Amarilli, mia bella,
Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desio,
D'esser tu l'amor mio?
Credilo pur: e se timor t'assale,
[Dubitar non ti vale.]1
Aprimi il petto e vedrai scritto in core:
Amarilli, Amarilli, Amarailli
è il mio amore.

possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612)
possibly by Alessandro Guarini

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

by Giulio Caccini (1546-1618) , "Amarilli, mia bella", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 8.

ENG English (Katherine McGuire)
POR Portuguese (Débora Letícia Batista)
SPA Spanish (Aminta Iriarte)
SPA Spanish (Diego S. Loyola)
GER German (Bertram Kottmann)
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller)

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