by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Pietoso amor difendi  
la vita del mio bene,
un cor che vive in pene
ritorna a consolar.
Ma se il destin crudele
s'oppone a' desir miei
io voglio, amor, con lei
miei giorni terminar.

Composition:

    Set to music by Tommaso Traetta (1727 - 1779), "Pietoso amor difendi", 1758, first performed 1758

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