One can suffer a cruel woman | One can suffer a cruel woman

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Si soffre una tiranna

(Sung text for setting by G. Donizetti)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Si soffre una tiranna
Lo so per prova anch'io,
Ma un'infedele, oh Dio,
No, non si può soffrir.

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

Composition:

Gaetano Donizetti

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act 3, Scene 7

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "One can suffer a cruel woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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One can suffer a cruel woman

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Donizetti)

See original

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

One can suffer a cruel woman;
I know that through experience.
But, O God, an unfaithful one
is not to be borne.

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

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