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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Leon piagato a morte
sente mancar la vita,
guarda la sua ferita
né s’avvilisce ancor.
 
Così fra l’ire estreme
rugge, minaccia e freme
che fa tremar morendo
talvolta il cacciator.

Composition:

    Set to music by Geminiano Giacomelli (1692 - 1740), "Leon piagato a morte" [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ]

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  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-14
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Word count: 30