by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
Translation Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935)
Dal fulgor di questa spada
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Dal fulgor di questa spada vuò che cada umiliato un empio cor; già non dée soffrir l'offese che difese il suo regno col valor.
Authorship:
- by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [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), "Dal fulgor di questa spada", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 32 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 24
By this falchion
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
By this falchion lightning-garnish'd, Vile heart tarnish'd, I have vowed that thou shalt die! Yet that knave shall be forgiven, Who hath striven For his land with valor high.
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Authorship:
- Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
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 page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 29