by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se non piange un infelice Matches original text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Se non piange un' infelice, Da' viventi separata, Dallo sposo abbandonata, Dimmi, oh Dio, chi piangerà? Chi può dir ch'io pianga a torto, Se nè men sperar mi lice Questo misero conforto D'ottener l' altrui pietà?
Composition:
- Set to music by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Se non piange un infelice", op. 4 no. 6, from Sei Canzoni di Metastasio, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Isola Disabitata
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "If an unhappy woman does not weep", copyright © 2019, (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: 36