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

Da quel sembiante appresi
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Da quel sembiante appresi
A [sospirare amante]1;
Sempre per quel sembiante
Sospirero [d'amor]2.

La face, a cui m'accesi
[Sola]3 m'alletta e piace;
È fredda [ogni]4 altra face
Per riscaldarmi il [cor]5.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 395.

The text appears in L'Eroe cinese, atto I, scena III (Lisinga's aria).

1 Schubert: "sospirar d'amore"
2 Schubert: "d'amore"
3 Schubert: "Solo"
4 Schubert: "ogn'"
5 Schubert: "cuore"

Text Authorship:

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

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "D’aquell rostre he après", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "From that countenance I learned", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De quelle forme j'ai appris", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

From that countenance I learned
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
From that countenance I learned
To sigh with love,
Always for that look
I will sigh with love.
That flame which ignited me
Alone entices and pleases me,
And all other flames are too cold
To warm my heart.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Prichard, (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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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 39