V'adoro, pupille
G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)
Aria from the Opera “Giulio Cesare”



Performance Language--Italian

V’adoro, pupille,
Saette d’amore,
Le vostre faville
Son grate nel sen.

Pietose vi brama
Il mesto moi core,
Che ogn’ora vi chiama
L’amato suo ben.



English Translation

I adore you, o eyes,
The darts of love,
Your sparks
Sweetly pierce my breast.

My mournful heart
Beseeches your pity,
Since it ceaselessly calls you
Its dearly beloved.

Giulio Cesare, is an Italian opera in three acts written for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724.

Cleopatra, a character to sing this song, is a multifaceted character: she uses at first her womanly wiles to seduce Cesare and gain the throne of Egypt.