by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Translation by Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne (1806 - 1882)
Ecco quel fiero istante
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ecco quel fiero istante:
Nice, mia Nice, addio.
Come vivrò ben mio,
Così lontan da te?
Io vivrò sempre in pene,
Io non avrò più bene:
E tu, chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Soffri che in traccia almeno
Di mia perduta pace
Venga il pensier seguace
[Sull']1 orme del tuo piè.
Sempre nel tuo cammino,
[Sempre m' avrai]2 vicino;
E tu, chi sa se mai
Ti sovverai di me!
Io fra remote sponde
Mesto volgendo i passi,
Andrò chiedendo a i sassi,
La Ninfa mia dov' è?
Dall' una all' altra Aurora
Te andrò chiamando ognora;
E tu, chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Io rivedrò sovente
Le amene piagge, o Nice,
Dove vivea felice,
Quando vivea con te.
A me saran tormento
Cento memorie e cento:
E tu, chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Ecco, dirò, quel fonte,
Dove avvampò di sdegno;
Ma poi di pace in pegno
La bella man mi diè.
Quì si vivea di speme:
Là si languiva insieme;
E tu, chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Quanti vedrai giungendo
Al nuovo tuo soggiorno,
Quanti venirti intorno
À offrirti amore, e fé!
Oh Dio! chi sa fra tanti
Teneri omaggi e pianti,
Oh Dio! chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Pensa qual dolce strale,
Cara, mi lasci in seno:
Pensa che amò Fileno
Senza sperar mercè:
Pensa, mia vita, a questo
Barbaro addio funesto:
Pensa... Ah chi sa se mai
Ti sovverrai di me!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• L. Beethoven • F. Hensel • S. Mercadante • W. Mozart • G. RossiniL. Beethoven sets stanza 1
G. Rossini sets stanzas 1, 2:5-8
W. Mozart sets stanza 1
S. Mercadante sets stanza 1
F. Hensel sets stanzas 1-2, 7
H. Nissen-Saloman sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Gio. Tomaso Masie Comp., 1782, pages 437-439.
1 Hensel: "In"2 Rossini: "M' avrai"
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, "La partenza", written 1746, appears in Canzonette, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time 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 M. Arnault , "La partenza" [ medium voice and piano ], from 15 mélodies et un duo avec accompagnement de piano composés et dédiés à sa mère par M. A., no. 15, Éd. Jules Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "La partenza", WoO. 124 (c1795/6), stanza 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Blum (1786 - 1844), "Canzonetta", 1821? [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "La partenza", op. 27 no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Alla mia Donna! Canti d'Amore per una voce con pianoforte, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laure Henriette Crétu (b. 1786), as Laure Henriette Bosquier, "La Partenza", No. 171, published [1818] [ medium voice and piano or harp ], from 6 Romances, paroles de divers auteurs, avec accompagnement de Forté piano ou Harpe, dédiées à Madame la Duchesse de Berry, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Siéber, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ecco quel fiero istante", H-U 155, stanzas 1-2,7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727 - 1789), "La partenza" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Felicia Garcia Malibran (1808 - 1836), "Addio a Nice" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870), "Ecco quel fiero istante", stanza 1 [ vocal quartet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ecco quel fiero istante", K. 436, stanza 1 [ SSB trio and three bassethorns ], from Sechs Nocturnos, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henriette Nissen-Saloman (1819 - 1879), "La Partenza", <<1850, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La partenza", stanzas 1, 2:5-8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "La Partenza di Nice", published 1784 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Erste Sammlung, no. 28 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Laure Henriette Crétu, as Laure Henriette Bosquier.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841) , "Der Abschied" [an adaptation] ; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743 - 1820) , "Die Trennung", subtitle: "Nach der Canzonette des Metastasio: Ecco quel fiero istante &c. ", written 1773 ; composed by Friedrich Johann Albrecht Muck, Christian Gottlob Neefe.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch) , "The departure", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne) , "Le depart", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
- GER German (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , "Die Abreise", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La partida", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 56
Word count: 251
Le depart
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Adieu, tu vois mes larmes, Nice, reçois ma foi, Adieu, dans les alarmes, Je vivrai loin de toi. A la tristesse livré sans cesse Mon sort m'accablera. Mais si ton coeur m'appelle, toujours fidèle Le mien te répondra A tes cotés, ma belle, ton regard me verra. Adieu, moment d'alarmes, Nice reçois ma foi, adieu, combien de larmes je répandrai loin de toi !
Text Authorship:
- by Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne (1806 - 1882), "Le depart", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, "La partenza", written 1746, appears in Canzonette, no. 5
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63