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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

A Berenice . . . Sol nascente
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Recitativo:
 A Berenice e Vologeso sposi
 Apparve al fin aurora
 Di contentezza e pace.
 Luce assai più festiva e più vivace,
 Ch'oggi nacque di nuovo,
 A me si rappresenta
 In Sigismondo prence e mi rammenta
 II mio dover di raccontar le lodi
 Di questo dì solenne. Io lo previdi,
 E volendo formar il mio concetto,
 Deboli troppo i sensi i miei trovai.
 Confuso dunque e in fretta io mi portai
 Del Pegaso su le ale
 Sin alla etrusca sponda
 Da quella Musa celebre e faconda,
 A domandar soccorso.
 Ma non bastante anche essa
 A soddisfar le mie richieste ansiose,
 In questi pochi accenti a me rispose:
 Virtù, che di lodare in ciel istesso
 La cura ed il potere a sé ritiene,
 Solo ammirar tacendo a noi conviene.

Aria:
 Sol nascente in questo giorno,
 Deh! perdona al tenue ingegno,
 E ammirarti io vo' tacendo,
 E ammirando io tacerò.
 Del tuo lustro chiaro e degno,
 Di virtù sì rare adorno,
 La grandezza io non comprendo,
 E a dover spiegar non so.

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), "A Berenice . . . Sol nascente", K. 70, K. 61c (1769). [soprano, orchestra] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "A Berenice . . . Sol nascente", copyright © 2010, (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: 32
Word count: 169

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