دست کم اگر نمی‌توانم | دست کم، اگر نمی‌توانم

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

Translation © by Roxana Rabbani

Almen se non poss'io

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER PER

Almen se non poss'io
seguir l'amato bene,
affetti del cor mio,
seguitelo per me.

Già sempre a lui vicino
raccolti amor vi tiene
e insolito cammino
questo per voi non è.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in La Clemenza di Tito [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 Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "Almen se non poss'io", from Sei Ariette, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Almen se non poss'io", 1753, first performed 1753 [ strings, 2 flutes or recorders, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "At least, if I am not able", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wenn ich schon meinem Geliebten", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
PER Persian (Farsi) (Roxana Rabbani) , "دست کم اگر نمی‌توانم", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31

دست کم اگر نمی‌توانم

Language: Persian (Farsi) after the Italian (Italiano)

دست کم، اگر نمی‌توانم
محبوب عزیزم را همراهی کنم،
ای احساسات و عشق قلبی من،
از سویم همراه او باشید.

هم اکنون نیز همیشه با اویید،
و عشق، شما را نزد او نگاه خواهد داشت،
و این راه
برای شما بیگانه نیست.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Persian (Farsi) copyright © 2026 by Roxana Rabbani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in La Clemenza di Tito
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 42