by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Amor sprezzato Matches original text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Ho perduto il mio tesoro, Ogni speme ho già smarrita: Odio il giorno, odio la vita, Più non splende il Sol per me. M'ha rapito il fato avaro Quanto al mondo a me fu caro: Mi lasciò colei che adoro, Altro ben per me non v'è.
Composition:
- Set to music by August Ferdinand Häser (1779 - 1844), "Amor sprezzato", also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Il ruggiero ovvero L'eroica gratitudine, Act 3, Scene 5
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I have lost my treasure", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47