For Pity's Sake | For pity's sake, my beautiful idol

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

Translation © by Camilla Bugge

Per pietà, bell'idol mio

(Sung text for setting by W. Mozart)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Per pietà, bell'idol mio,
non mi dir ch'io sono ingrato;
infelice e sventurato
abbastanza il Ciel mi fa.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse, Act I, Scene V

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

ENG English (Camilla Bugge) , "For Pity's Sake", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Hab Erbarmen, mein schöner Abgott", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Johann Christoph Grünbaum)

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For Pity's Sake

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Mozart)

See original

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

For pity's sake, my beautiful idol
do not tell me that I am ungrateful;
unhappy and unfortunate enough
has heaven made me.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2004 by Camilla Bugge, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse, Act I, Scene V
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This text was added to the website: 2004-10-02
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Word count: 46