The departure | Now comes the painful instant

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

Translation © by Johann Gaitzsch

Ecco quel fiero istante

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FIN SPA

Ecco quel fiero istante:
  Nice, mia Nice, addio.
  Come vivrò ben mio,
  Così lontan da te?
    Io vivrò sempre in pene,
  Io non avrò più bene: 
  E tu, chi sa se mai
  Ti sovverrai di me! 

Soffri che in traccia almeno 
  Di mia perduta pace 
  Venga il pensier seguace
  In orme del tuo piè.
    Sempre nel tuo cammino,
  Sempre m' avrai vicino;
  E tu, chi sa se mai 
  Ti sovverai di me! 

 ... 

Pensa qual dolce strale, 
  Cara, mi lasci in seno:
  Pensa che amò Fileno
  Senza sperar mercè:
    Pensa, mia vita, a questo 
  Barbaro addio funesto:
  Pensa... Ah chi sa se mai 
  Ti sovverrai di me!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,7 of the original text.

Composition:

Fanny Hensel

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, "La partenza", written 1746, appears in Canzonette, no. 5

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ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch) , "The departure", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne) , "Le depart", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
GER German (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , "Die Abreise", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La partida", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The departure

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

See original

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Now comes the painful instant
Nice, my Nice, goodbye,
How can I live, my love
So far away from you!
My live will be a burden
Without any happiness
And you, who knows if ever
You will remember me.






On your way I shall always
Be close to you
But you, who knows, if ever
You will remember me.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,7 of the original text.

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