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by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Un moto di gioia

(Sung text for setting by W. Mozart)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GRE GRE SPA

Un moto di gioia
Mi sento nel petto,
Che annunzia diletto
In mezzo il timor!

Speriam che in contento
Finisca l'affanno
Non sempre è tiranno
Il fato ed amor.

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

Composition:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text Authorship:

by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838)

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "An emotion of joy", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Un mouvement de joie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Σκίρτημα χαράς", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Στο στήθος σκιρτάει", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "Un pálpito", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Margo Briessinck

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 58

An emotion of joy

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Mozart)

See original

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 An emotion of joy
 I feel in my heart
 that says happiness is coming
 in spite of my fears.

 Let us hope that the worry
 will end in contentment.
 Fate and love are
 not always tyrants.

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

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2002 by John Glenn Paton, (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 Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 69