Ah! rammenta, o bella Irene,
Che giurasti a me costanza.
Ah ritorna, amato bene,
Ah ritorna al primo amor,
Qual conforto, oh! Dio, m'avanza,
Chi sarà la mia speranza?
Per chi viver più degg'io,
Se più mio non è quel cor?

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• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Cantate [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah rammenta o bella Irene"
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), [adaptation] ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ITA ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
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• ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "Ah! remember, lovely Irene", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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