My dear, I would have you be just | My dear, I would have you be just

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by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ti vuò giusta, e non pietosa

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ti vuò giusta, e non pietosa,  
bella mia nel giudicarmi.

Tutto son, tutto innocente;
se poi trovi il cor, che mente,
ti perdono il condannarmi.

Text Authorship:

by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Ti vuò giusta, e non pietosa", HWV 6 no. 31, first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My dear, I would have you be just", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 25

My dear, I would have you be just

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

My dear, I would have you be just,
and not merciful, when you judge me.

I am completely innocent.
If you should then find my heart a liar,
condemn me. I will forgive you.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-18
Line count: 5
Word count: 34