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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Caro padre, a me non dei
Rammentar che padre sei:
io lo so, ma in questi accenti
non ritrovo il genitore.

Non son io che ti consiglia,
è il rispetto d’un regnante,
è l’affetto d’una figlia,
è il rimorso del tuo cor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Caro padre, a me non dei", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732 [ flute, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Ezio, no.

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Dear father, you don't need to remind me", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-24
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