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by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714 - 1795)

Popoli di Tessaglia!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Popoli di Tessaglia!
Ah, mai più giusto fu il vostro pianto;
a voi non men che a questi 
innocenti fanciulli Admeto è padre. 
Io perdo l'amato sposo, e voi l'amato re.
La nostra sola speranza, il nostro amor,
c'invola questo fato crudel.
Non so che prima in sì grave sciagura
a compianger m'appigli
del regno, di me stessa, o de' miei figli.
La pietà degli Dei sola 
ci resta a implorare, a ottener.
Vedrò compagna alle vostre preghiere,
Ai vostri sacrifìzi avanti all'ara 
una misera madre, due bambini infelici,
tutto un popolo in pianto presenterò così. 
Forse con questo spettacolo funesto, 
in cui dolente gli affetti,
i voti suoi dichiara un regno,
placato alfin sarà del ciel lo sdegno.

Io non chiedo, eterni Dei,
tutto il ciel per me sereno,
ma il mio duol consoli almeno
qualche raggio di pietà.
Non comprende i mali miei,
né il terror, che m'empie il petto,
chi di moglie il vivo affetto,
chi di madre il cor non ha.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714 - 1795) [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 Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Popoli di Tessaglia! ", 1767, from the opera [selections] Alceste [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Popoli di Tessaglia", K. 316 (1778). [soprano, orchestra] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Peuples de Thessalie !", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 28
Word count: 165

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