by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Pastorello d'un povero armento
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pastorello d'un povero armento  
pur dorme contento,
sotto l'ombra d'un faggio o d'alloro.

Io, d'un regno monarca fastoso,
non trovo riposo,
sotto l'ombra di porpora e d'oro.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Pastorello d'un povero armento", HWV 19 (1725), first performed 1725 [ tenor, strings, and continuo ], from opera Rodelinda

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A shepherd, though his flock be poor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 27