Affetti, don’t disturb the peace of my soul | Affetti, don’t disturb the peace of my soul

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

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Affetti, non turbate

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Affetti, non turbate
la pace all'alma mia,
Sia vostra scelta, o sia
l'oprar necessità.
Perchè rei vi credete 
se liberi non siete?
Perchè non vi cangiate 
se avete libertà?

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Issipile [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 Righini (1756 - 1812), "Affetti, non turbate", op. 7 no. 5, from Dodici Ariette, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Affetti, don’t disturb the peace of my soul", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Affetti, don’t disturb the peace of my soul

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Affetti¹, don’t disturb the peace of my soul,
It may be your choice, or it may be the work of necessity.
Why believe you’re guilty if you’re not free?
Why not change if you have freedom?

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¹ Human passions expressed through gesture

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Issipile
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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Word count: 36