I would like to trust you | I would like to trust you

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

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Vorrei di te fidarmi

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Vorrei di te fidarmi
ma per usanza antica
inteso ad ingannarmi
io ti conosco amor.

Se t'accarezzo amica
tu mi prepari un laccio;
se ti raccolgo in braccio,
tu mi ferisci il cor.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'asilo d'amore [author's text not yet checked 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 Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (1781 - 1841), "Vorrei di te fidarmi" [ voice and piano or harp ], from 12 nouveaux nocturnes italiens avec traduction française et accompagnement de piano ou harpe, no. 4, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Vorrei di te fidarmi", op. 7 no. 10, from Dodici Ariette, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini.

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

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "I want to trust you", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "I would like to trust you", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

I would like to trust you

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I would like to trust you
but by past experience
you intend to deceive.
I know you, Love,

If I caress you ad a friend
you prepare me a noose;
if I pick you up in my arms,
you wound 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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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'asilo d'amore
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 42