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Quanto contenta godi

Language: Italian

Quanto contenta godi
Lungi da insidie e frodi,
Povera  pastorella
Felice più di me. 
    Quanto contente godi . . .

Tu reggi a tuo talento
Un mansueto armento,
Che mai fronte rubella
Rivolge contro te. 

Quanto contenta godi . . .


Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

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

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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