خدا را، ای معبود زیبای من!

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

Translation © by Roxana Rabbani

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

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)
PER Persian (Farsi) (Roxana Rabbani) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 48

خدا را، نگارا!

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Mozart)

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Language: Persian (Farsi) after the Italian (Italiano)

خدا را، ای معبود زیبای من!
مرا ناسپاس مخوان!
که گردون، تا بخواهی
مرا تیره روز و نگون بخت ساخته است.

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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 Persian (Farsi) copyright © 2026 by Roxana Rabbani, (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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