Chère épouse, chère amante

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by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Cara sposa

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Cara sposa, amante cara,
Dove sei?
Deh! Ritorna a' pianti miei!
Del vostro Erebo sull'ara,
Colla face dello sdegno
Io vi sfido, o spirti rei!

Text Authorship:

by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Cara sposa", from opera Rinaldo [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-12-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

Chère épouse, chère amante

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Chère épouse, chère amante,
Où es-tu ?
Ah ! tourne-toi vers mes pleurs !
Sur votre autel d'Érèbe,
Avec la flamme de mon dédain,
Je vous défie, ô esprits cruels !

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 28