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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.
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 Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Vorrei di te fidarmi", op. 7 no. 10, from Dodici Ariette, no. 10. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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 text: 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 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.
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- 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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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'asilo d'amore
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 42