D'ogni più sacro impegno

D'ogni più sacro impegno  
sciolta pur sia la fede,
amor da voi non chiede
chi amor per voi non ha.
Pèra, chi vuol costringere
d'un cor la libertà.

Ma se un sospetto indegno
di soverchiarmi intende,
quel generoso sdegno,
che il mio decoro accende,
dalla ragione armato,
un vano ardir confondere,
e impallidir farà.

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Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Luigi Prividali (1771 - 1844) [ 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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "D'ogni più sacro impegno", 1812, first performed 1812, from the opera L'occasione fa il ladro, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Then, let all faith be broken", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2018-06-12.
Last modified: 2018-08-15 19:36:14
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Then, let all faith be broken

Then, let all faith be broken
of the most sacred of pledges;
he who has no love for you
asks for none.
May he perish who would ever seek
to constrict any heart's liberty.

But if base suspicion
threatens to overpower me,
may the righteous indignation 
which ignites my dignity,
armed with the truth,
confound such vain plots
and cause rumor to grow pale.

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• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Luigi Prividali (1771 - 1844)
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2018-06-13.
Last modified: 2018-06-13 12:48:07
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