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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Gelido in ogni vena
 Scorrer mi sento il sangue.
L'ombra del figlio esangue
M' ingombra di terror.
 
E per maggior mia pena
vedo che fui crudele
A un'anima fedele,
A un innocente cor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Gelido in ogni vena", 1726, first performed 1726 [ strings and soprano voice ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 33