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

Non temer ch'io mai ti dica
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Non temer ch’io mai ti dica
alma infida, ingrato core;
possederti ancor nemica
chiamerò felicità.
 
Io detesto la follia
d’un incomodo amatore
che a’ pensieri ancor vorria
limitar la libertà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Non temer ch'io mai ti dica", HelN 78 no. 15 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 15

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Never fear that I will ever call you", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
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Word count: 30