by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Un momento di contento  
dolce rende a un fido amante
tutto il pianto che versò.

Suol'amore, dal dolore
tirar balsamo alle pene,
a sanar, chi pria piagò.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Un momento di contento", HWV 34 no. 30 (1735), first performed 1735, from opera Alcina, no. 30

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "One moment of contentment", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
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