"Io mi son giovinetta 
e rido e canto alla stagion novella",
cantava la mia dolce pastorella,
quando subitamente
quando l'ali il cor mio 
spiegò come augellin subitamente
tutto lieto e ridente, 
cantando in sua favella:
"Son giovinetto anch'io 
e rido e canto a più beata e bella
primavera d'amore, 
che nei begli occhi tuoi fiorisce." Ed ella:
"Fuggi, se saggio sei," - disse - :l'ardore,
fuggi, chè in questi rai 
primavera per te non sarà mai."

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Note: The model for these verses lies in a poem by Boccaccio

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Io mi son giovinetta", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 14. [
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• by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Io mi son giovinetta", published 1603 [vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 13, madrigal [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Je suis une jeune fille", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

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