Vorrei di te fidarmi

Vorrei di te fidarmi
ma per usanza antica
inteso ad ingannarmi
io ti conosco amor.

Se t'accarezzo amica
tu mi prepari un laccio;
se ti raccolgo in braccio,
tu mi ferisci il cor.

Translation(s): ENG ENG

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Submitted by Barbara Miller and Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'asilo d'amore [ 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 Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Vorrei di te fidarmi", op. 7 no. 10, from Dodici Ariette, no. 10. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "I want to trust you", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "I would like to trust you", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2007-12-05.
Last modified: 2018-08-15 23:08:35
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