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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ognor tu fosti il mio
tenero padre amante;
essere il tuo vogl’io
tenero figlio ognor.
 
E in faccia al mondo intero
rispetterò regnante
quel venerato impero
che rispettai pastor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Ognor fosti il mio" [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You were always my father", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 29