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

Basta cosí, t’intendo
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Basta cosí, t’intendo:
giá ti spiegasti appieno,
e mi diresti meno,
se mi dicessi piú.

Meglio parlar tacendo:
dir molto in pochi detti
de’ violenti affetti
è solita virtú.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

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Confirmed with Pietro Metastasio, Opere, Bari: Gius, Laterza & Figli, 1914, page 273.


Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Ciro riconosciuto [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
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