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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pensa a serbarmi, oh cara,
i dolci affetti tuoi;
amami, oh cara,
e lascia poi ogn’altra cura a me, cara!
Tu mi vuoi dir col pianto,
che resti in abbandono;
nò, così vil non sono,
e meco ingrato tanto
Cesare non è.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Pensa a serbarmi, o cara", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732, from opera Ezio, no. 2

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Think only of preserving for me, my dearest", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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