Tradimento!

Amore e la speranza
voglion farmi prigioniero,
e a tal segno il mal s'avanza
ch'ho scoperto ch'il pensiero
dice d'esserne contento.
Tradimento!
La speranza per legarmi
a gran cose mi lusinga,
s'io le credo avvien che stringa
lacci sol da incatenarmi.
Mio core all'armi!
S'incontri l'infida
si prenda s'uccida su presto!
è periglioso ogni momento.
Tradimento!

Translation(s): FRE

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Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

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• by Giorgio Tani [ 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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Tradimento!", op. 7 no. 9, published 1659 [voice and continuo], from the cantata Diporti di Euterpe, no. 9, Venice, Apresso Francesco Magni [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Trahison !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Trahison !

Amour et l'espérance
veulent faire de moi un prisonnier,
et à un tel degré mon mal est arrivé
que j'ai découvert que ma pensée
dit qu'elle est heureuse.
Trahison !
L'espérance pour me lier
m'a tenté avec de grandes choses,
Si je la crois, elle serre
Plus fort les liens qui m'enchaînent.
Mon cœur, aux armes !
Si tu rencontres la perfide,
Prends-la et tue-la aussitôt !
Chaque instant est dangereux.
Trahison !

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• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giorgio Tani
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Barbara Strozzi. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2014-09-18.
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