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

Basta così, t'intendo
 (Sung text for setting by Leo)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Basta cosí, t’intendo:
giá ti spiegasti a pieno,
e mi diresti meno,
se mi dicessi piú.

Meglio parlar tacendo:
dir molto in pochi detti
de’ violenti affetti
è solita virtú.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Basta così, t'intendo", 1739, first performed 1739 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Enough of this, I understand you.", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
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Word count: 32