Tu me da me dividi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Tu me da me dividi,
barbaro, tu m’uccidi;
tutto il dolor ch’io sento
tutto mi vien da te.
No; non sperar mai pace.
Odio quel cor fallace;
oggetto di spavento
sempre sarai per me.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Tu me da me dividi", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Tu me da me dividi", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Tu me da me dividi", 1756, first performed 1756 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You divide me from myself", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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You divide me from myself
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
You divide me from myself;
barbarian, you are my death!
To you I attribute
all my distress.
Do not expect peace from me.
I despise your mendacious heart,
and you will always
be an object to me of terror.
Text Authorship:
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