Cadrò, ma qual si mira

Cadrò, ma qual si mira
Parte cader dal monte
Della sassosa fronte
Che quant'a lei s'oppone
Urta, fracassa e seco
Precipitando va.

E se non resta oppresso
Dalla fatal ruina,
Sente da lunge anch'esso
Attonito 'l pastore
Lo strepito del colpo
Ch'impallidir lo fa.

Translation(s): ENG GER

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Authorship

• by Antonio Salvi (1664 - 1724) [ 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 Francesco Araia (1709 - 1761+), "Cadrò, ma qual si mira" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2010-01-01.
Last modified: 2018-08-15 23:10:52
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Word count: 44

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I shall fall, just as one sees

I shall fall, just as one sees
a boulder fall
off the mountain's face,
knocking down and shattering
anything in its path
and sweep it away into the precipice.

And if he is not battered to death
by that fatal falling rock,
the shepherd, stricken with fear,
also hears from afar
the rumbling rockfall,
making him blanch with fear.

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• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Antonio Salvi (1664 - 1724) GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Francesco Araia. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2010-12-15.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:10
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Word count: 59