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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Serbate, o Dei custodi
Della Romana sorte,
In Tito, il giusto, il forte,
L'onor di nostra età.

Voi gl'immortali allori
Su la Cesarea chioma,
Voi custodite a Roma
La sua felicità.

Fu vostro un sì gran dono;
Sia lungo il dono vostro;
L'invidii al mondo nostro
Il mondo che verrà.

The text appears in "La Clemenza di Tito", atto I, scena V

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Serbate, o Dei custodi", D 35 (1812), published 1940 [ vocal quartet, mixed chorus, tenor with basso continuo ], 3 composition exercises (during Schubert's studies with Salieri)

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Serveu, oh déus custodis", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Preserve, o gods", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Gardez, ô Dieux gardiens", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50