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

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Serbate, o Dei custodi

(Sung text for setting by W. Mozart)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Serbate, o Dei custodi
Della Romana sorte,
In Tito, il giusto, il forte,
L'onor di nostra età.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

The text appears in "La Clemenza di Tito", atto I, scena V

Composition:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

La clemenza di Tito

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1734, appears in La Clemenza di Tito

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Serveu, oh déus custodis", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Preserve, o gods", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Gardez, ô Dieux gardiens", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50

Gardez, ô Dieux gardiens

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Mozart)

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Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Gardez, ô Dieux tutélaires
Du destin de Rome,
En Titus le juste, le puissant,
L'honneur de notre époque.
Les lauriers immortels
Sur le front de César
Veillez pour Rome
Sur son bonheur.
Le vôtre fut un si grand don,
Que votre don dure longtemps,
À notre monde il est envié
Par le monde à venir.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 55