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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Se tu la reggi al volo,
su la Tarpea pendice
l’aquila vincitrice
sempre tornar vedrò;

Breve sarà per lei
tutto il cammin del sole,
e allora i Regni miei col ciel dividerò.

Composition:

    Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Se tu la reggi al volo", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I shall always see the victorious eagle", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-24
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