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

Se viver non poss'io
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Se viver non poss'io
lungi da te mio bene,
lasciami almen ben mio
morir vicino a te.
 
Che se partissi ancora,
l'alma faria ritorno;
e non so dirti allora
quel che farebbe il piè.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se viver non poss'io", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ flute, strings, alto voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie, no.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I cannot live", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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