If love departs | If love departs

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

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

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Se amor l’abbandona

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Se amor l’abbandona
ogn’alma si lagna,
se amor l'accompagna, 
contenta non è;

di chi vi dolete 
se viver felici 
né meco sapete, 
né senza di me?

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 Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Se amor l’abbandona", op. 7 no. 12, from Dodici Ariette, no. 12. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "If love departs", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 26

If love departs

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If love departs
every soul complains,
If love stays, 
One is not happy;

what makes you sad 
if you live happily
neither knowing me, 
nor being without me?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2016 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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'asilo d'amore
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 28