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

Amalo e se il suo sguardo
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Amalo e se al tuo sguardo
amabile non è,
la man che te lo diè
rispetta e taci.
 
Poi nell’amar men tardo
forse il tuo cor sarà,
quando fumar vedrà
le sacre faci.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Amalo e se il suo sguardo", HelN 78 no. 14 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 14

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Love him.", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 33