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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
So ch’è fanciullo Amore
né conversar gli piace
con la canuta età.
 
Di scherzi ei si compiace;
si stanca del rigore;
e stan di rado in pace
rispetto e libertà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Sò che fanciullo è Amore", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I know Cupid does not enjoy", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-12
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