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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Figlio se più non vivi,
morrò; ma del mio fato
farò che un re svenato
preceda messaggier.
 
Infin che il padre arrivi
fa’ che sospenda il remo
colà sul guado estremo
il pallido nocchier.

Composition:

    Set to music by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Figlio, se più non vivi", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My son, if you no longer live", 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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