Think only of preserving for me, my dearest | Think only of preserving for me

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Pensa a serbarmi, oh cara

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Pensa a serbarmi, oh cara,
i dolci affetti tuoi;
amami, oh cara,
e lascia poi ogn’altra cura a me, cara!
Tu mi vuoi dir col pianto,
che resti in abbandono;
nò, così vil non sono,
[e meco ingrato tanto
Cesare non è.]¹

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• G. Händel • G. Hasse • N. Jommelli • M. Martines • A. Schneider

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¹ Jommelli: "e meco irato tanto / il fato non è."

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1728, appears in Ezio [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), "Pensa a serbarmi, o cara", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732, from opera Ezio, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Pensa a serbarmi, o cara", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Pensa a serbarmi, o cara" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Marianna Anna Martines (1744 - 1812), "Pensa a serbami" [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Andrew Schneider (b. 1991), "Pensa a serbarmi, o cara", 2017, copyright © 2017 [ tenor or soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Think only of preserving for me, my dearest", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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Word count: 43

Think only of preserving for me, my dearest

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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Think only of preserving for me,
my dearest, your sweet regard,
love me, my dear,
and leave all other cares to me!
You wish to tell me with your weeping
that you are utterly abandoned,
No, I am not so cruel,
nor is Caesar so ungrateful towards me.

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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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