(lyric by Giacomo Badoaro, from the libretto to Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, Venice 1640)
vocal: Lisbeth Scott
DURI E PENOSI
SON GLI AMOROSI
FIERI DESIR
MA ALFIN SON CARI
SE PRIMA AMARI
GLI ASPRI MARTIR
SI PIANGE PRIMA
MA ALFIN LA GIOIA HA LOCO
NE MAI PERDE IN AMOR
CHI COMPIE IL GIOCO
(translation:
hard and painful
are the torments
suffered by the lover
but in the end
this suffering
becomes dear to his heart
first tears possess him
but at last joy takes their place
he never loses
who plays the game of love)