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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Or che il dover . . . Tali e cotani sono
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Or che il dover m'astringe,
In scelte e corte rime
Grato mostrarmi a qual onor sublime,
Di cui ci ricolmaste, o prence eccelso,
Ne' miei pensieri immerso
Ricerco un buon concetto.
Rumino colla mente,
Penso, ripenso, e poi non trovo niente.
Febo e le Muse in mio soccorso imploro;
Compariscono tutte a me dinanzi,
Confuse in volto e colle cetre infrante.
D'un simile scompiglio
Le chiedo la ragion, tacer le miro,
E dopo mille al più sospir cocenti
Una così ripose:
Riverendo pastor, t'accheta, e in simil
Giorno non obbligarci a dire il nostro
Scorno; sulle rive della Salza ogni
Nostro potere, ogni saper fu crine
Da quella luce onde il suo prence è cinto.
Tali e contanti sono
Di Sigismondo i merti,
Che i nostri ingegni incerti,
Non sanno qual riverendo cor.
Se la pietà si canta;
La giustizia non cede,
Ch'ogni virtù, riverendo,
Siede in trono suo cor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Or che il dover . . . Tali e cotani sono", K. 36, K. 33i (1766) [ tenor, orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Maintenant que mon devoir... Tels et si nombreux sont", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 28
Word count: 150

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