If the stream is weak

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

Translation © by Kendree Chen

Introduzione al trillo

(Sung text for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Se povero il ruscello
Mormora lento e basso,
Un ramoscello, un sasso
Quasi arrestar lo fa.

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Nicola Vaccaj

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

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If the stream is weak

(Sung text translation for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If the stream is weak 
It murmurs, slow and low,
A twig, a stone,
Almost cause it to stop.

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