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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Del destin non vi lagnate,
se vi rese a noi soggette;
siete serve ma regnate
nella vostra servitù.
 
Forti noi, voi belle siete;
e vincete in ogni impresa,
quando vengono a contesa
la bellezza e la virtù.

Composition:

    Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Del destin non vi lagnate", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Do not complain about destiny", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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