Delizie contente, che l’alma beate (Francesco Cavalli)

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• CPDL #17851:

Editor: David Newman (added 2008-08-04).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Lyrics in Italian and English - English lyrics by Dr. Theodore Baker. Edition is in in F minor

General Information

Title: Delizie contente, che l’alma beate
Composer: Francesco Cavalli
Lyricist: Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606-1650)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano
Published: Source: Anthology of Italian Song of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

Description: An aria from the opera "Giasone" published 1649.

External websites:

• Entry at "Lied and Art Song Text" site
• German translation is on Lied and Art Song Text Site
• English translation is on Lied and Art Song Text Site

Original text and translations

Italian text

Delizie contente, che l’alma beate fermate.

Su questo mio core deh più,

deh più non stillate le gioie d’amore.

Delizie mie care, fermatevi qui:

non so più bramare, mi basta così.

In grembo agli amori fra dolci catene morir,

morir mi conviene, dolcezza omicida a morte,

a morte mi guida, mi guida in braccio al mio bene.