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

Pensa a serbarmi, o cara
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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 irato tanto 
il fato non è.

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  • 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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