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Fuggi, fuggi mio cor
Staff Notation • Secular, Arias
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Fuggi, fuggi mio cor by Giovanni Felice Sances — Lyrics
Fuggi, mio cor l'esca del dolce sguardo
che sotto aquei bei rai, nascosto e'l dardo.
Tende i suoi lacci ogn'hor e par che scherzi,
il faretrato Arcier ma s'egli puo legarti
non giova il tuo poter
per romper rai legarti scatenarti.
R.: Fuggi dunque cor mio, fuggi o mio core,
son li scherzi d'Amor frodi d'Amore.
Fuggi pur tu non lasciar che ti prenda,
non consentir ch'in te suo foco accenda.
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About Fuggi, fuggi mio cor
Giovanni Felice Sances's Fuggi, fuggi mio cor is a solo aria from the secular Italian tradition. The text warns the heart to flee from the deceptive charms of love, likening them to the traps of Cupid. It urges the listener to resist falling prey to love's sweet glances, which conceal a hidden dart, and to avoid being ensnared by the archer's tricks. The singer is cautioned that once captured by love's tyranny, escape is impossible, leading only to languishing and despair. The aria's central message is that love's enticements are ultimately deceitful, bringing only suffering and sorrow.
