Loda le guance

Vaga su [spin'ascosa]1
è rosa rugiadosa,
[ch'all'alba]2 si diletta,
mossa da [fresc'auretta]3;
ma più vaga è la rosa
[sulla]4 guancia amorosa,
ch'oscura e discolora
le guance [dell'Aurora]5:
Addio, Ninfa de fiori,
e Ninfa de gli odori,
Primavera gentile,
Statti pur con Aprile:
che più vaga e più vera
mirasi Primavera
su quella fresca rosa
del la guancia amorosa,
ch'oscura e discolora
le guance [dell'Aurora]5.

by Gabriello Chiabrera (1552-1638) , "Loda le guance"

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) , "Vaga su spin'ascosa"
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) , "Vaga su spina ascosa", published 1619 [madrigal], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 18.

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