Da voi, cari lumi

Da voi, cari lumi,
Dipende il mio stato:
Voi siete i miei Numi:
Voi siete il mio fato:
A vostro talento
Mi sento cangiar.

Ardir m'inspirate,
Se lieti splendete;
Se torbidi siete,
Mi fate tremar.

Translation(s): CAT ENG FRE GER

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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 345.

The text appears in Attilio Regolo, atto II, scena V, Aria di Licinio.

Authorship

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Attilio Regolo [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Da voi, cari lumi", 1750, first performed 1750. [oboes, strings, bass voice, and continuo] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Niccolo Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Da voi cari lumi", 1752, first performed 1753. [2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, alto voice, strings] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Da voi, cari lumi", from Sei canzonette italiane, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "L'incanto degli occhi (Die Macht der Augen)", op. 83 (Drei Lieder von Metastasio) no. 1, D. 902 no. 1 (1827), published 1827 [bass, piano], second setting; Tobias Haslinger, VN 5061, Wien [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "L'incanto degli occhi", D. 990E (1816?), published 1979 [soprano], first setting; fragment (realized by Reinhard van Hoorickx) [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Thomas Dawkins) , "On you, fair stars", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (David Le Marrec) , "De vous, chers astres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Die Macht der Augen"

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Die Macht der Augen

Nur euch, schöne Sterne, 
gehört all mein Leben,
wie Götter so ferne, 
beseelt ihr mein Streben.
Nach euerem Winke 
bewegt sich mein Sinn.

Ihr seht mich verwegen, 
wenn fröhlich ihr strahlet,
wenn Trübsinn euch malet, 
quält Angst mich dahin.

Submitted by Brigitta Grünbauer

Authorship

• Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Die Macht der Augen" [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Attilio Regolo CAT ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Giovanni Adolfo Hasse, Niccolo Jommelli, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Peter Schubert. Go to the text.

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 ]

Text added to the website: 2012-01-19.
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