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Per la Gloria D’adorarvi
Giovanni Bononcini (1672–1750)
Original Text

Per la gloria d’adorarvi
Voglia-marvio luci care;
Amando penerò, ma sempre v’amerò,
Sì, Sì, nel mio penare
Penerò, v’amerò, luci care.
Senza speme di diletto
Vano affetoè sospirare,
Ma i vostri dolci rai,
Chi vagheggiar può mai
E non, e non v’amare?
Penerò, v’amerò, luci care.


English Translation

For the love my heart doth prize,
O charmful eyes, I would adore ye;
For me, my love is pain, I know ‘tis all in vain,
Vain, vain, Yet kneel before ye
Love is pain, all in vain I implore ye.
Hopeless ‘tis to look for kindness,
Foolish fondness with sighs t’implore ye,
But whoe’er might woo your gaze,
Bask in your sunny rays,
And not, and not adore ye?
Love is pain, all in vain I implore ye.

Translation by Dr. Theodore Baker