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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Se all’impero, amici dei,
necessario è un cor severo,
o togliete a me l’impero
o a me date un altro cor.
 
Se la fé de’ regni miei
con l’amor non assicuro,
d’una fede io non mi curo
che sia frutto del timor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Pasquale Anfossi (1727 - 1797), "Se all'impero, amici Dei", 1769, first performed 1769 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, and tenor voice ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If a strict, unfeeling heart", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-15
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