Consider, that this very moment (Trapassi, set by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Franz Peter Schubert) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Pensa che questo istante

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE

Pensa che questo istante
Del tuo destin decide;
Ch'oggi rinasce Alcide
Per la futura età.

Pensa che adulto sei,
Che sei di Giove un figlio,
Che merto e non consiglio
La scelta tua sarà.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 659.

The text appears in "Alcide al Bivio", scena I, Aria di Fronimo

Authorship

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1760, appears in Alcide al Bivio [author's text checked 1 time 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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Pensa, che questo istante", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Pensa, che questo istante", D 76 (1813) [ bass and piano ], First version published 1969, second version published 1871 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by V. Rozhdestvensky ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pensa que aquest instant", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Consider, that this very moment", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pense que cet instant", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-05-02 02:19:07
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Consider, that this very moment

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Consider, that this very moment
May decide your destiny,
Whether today is reborn Alcide
For a future age.

Consider, that you are a man,
What you are a son of Jove,
That on merit, and not on [someone else’s] counsel
Your choice will be made.

Translator's note: Hercules (AKA Heracles), was originally named Alcides by his parents.

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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.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1760, appears in Alcide al Bivio

Text added to the website: 2016-05-10 00:00:00
Last modified: 2016-05-10 13:28:08
Line count: 8
Word count: 45