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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"
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), [adaptation] ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
- 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
Research team for this text: Luk Laerenbergh , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2018-08-15 20:00:15
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
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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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Cantate
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:41
Line count: 8
Word count: 51