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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Translation © by Luk Laerenbergh

Ah rammenta, o bella Irene
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
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?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   G. Donizetti 

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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio. Poeta e Bibliotecario Cesareo, Tomo Sesto. Londra, 1774, pages 352-353.


Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 14. Il Ritorno [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Ah rammenta, o bella Irene", WoO 99 no. 6 [ SATB quartet with piano ], from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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  • by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah rammenta o bella Irene"
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • 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 ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "Ah! remember, lovely Irene", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Luk Laerenbergh , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

Ah! remember, lovely Irene
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Ah! remember, lovely Irene,
That you have sworn to be faithful to me.
Ah! return, my love,
Ah! return to your first love,
What comfort, oh! God, is left for me,
What hope shall I have?
For whom do I have to stay alive,
If that heart is no longer mine?

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  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Luk Laerenbergh, (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 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 14. Il Ritorno
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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