My guilt dawns upon me | My guilt dawns upon me

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Del fallo m'avvedo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Del fallo m'avvedo,
Conosco qual sono;
Non chiedo perdono,
non spero pietà.

Un fiero rimorso
Mi lacera il core;
Ma il vano soccorso
D'un tardo dolore
A farmi innocente
Più forza non ha.

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Confirmed with Pietro Metastasio, Opere sacre, poesie varie, e traduzioni, Milano : Dalla Societa Tipografica Dei Classici Italiani, 1820, page 85.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Del fallo m'avvedo", first performed 1732 [ trombone, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My guilt dawns upon me", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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My guilt dawns upon me

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

My guilt dawns upon me,
I know what I am.
I do not ask for pardon,
nor expect mercy.

Fierce remorse
cuts at my heart,
but no matter how much I suffer,
my vain regrets
no longer have the power
to make me innocent.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-20
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Word count: 44