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

Se fedele mi brama il regnante
 (Sung text for setting by G. Hasse)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Se fedele mi brama il regnante,
non offenda quest’anima amante
nella parte più viva del cor.
 
Non si lagni se in tanta sventura
un vassallo non serba misura,
se il rispetto diventa furor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Se fedele mi brama il regnante", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 33