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

Fra cento affanni e cento
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
 Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Fra cento affanni e cento
Palpito, tremo e sento
Che freddo dalle vene
Fugge il mio sangue al cor.
Prevedo del mio bene
II barbaro martiro,
E la virtù sospiro,
Che perde il genitor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Fra cento affanni e cento", HelN 78 no. 2 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 2

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Par cent et cent soucis", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 34