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

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Così dunque tradisci . . . Aspri rimorsi...

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Così dunque tradisci,
Disleal principessa . . . Ah, folle! ed io
Son d'accusarla ardito!
Si lagna un traditor d'esser tradito!
Il meritai. Fuggì, Sebaste . . . Ah! dove
Fuggirò da me stesso? Ah! porto in seno
Il carnefice mio. Dovunque io vada,
Il terror, lo spavento
Seguiran la mia traccia;
La colpa mia mi starà sempre in faccia.

Aspri rimorsi atroci,
Figli del fallo mio,
Perché sì tardi, oh Dio!
Mi lacerate il cor?

Perché, funeste voci
Ch'or mi sgridate appresso, 
Perché v'ascolto adesso,
Né v'ascoltai fin or?

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Temistocle [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Così dunque tradisci . . . Aspri rimorsi atroci", K. 432, K. 421a (1783) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ainsi donc tu me trahis... Âpres et atroces remords", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Garrett Medlock) , "So you betray thusly... Harsh, terrible remorse", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 90

Ainsi donc tu me trahis... Âpres et atroces remords

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Ainsi donc tu me trahis,
Princesse déloyale.. Ah ! fou que je suis
D'oser l'accuser !
Un traître se plaint d'être trahi !
Il le mérite. Fuis, Sébaste... Ah ! où
Me fuir moi-même ? Ah ! je porte dans mon sein
Mon bourreau. Où que j'aille,
La terreur, la frayeur
Suivront ma trace ;
Ma faute restera toujours sur mon visage.
Âpres et atroces remords,
Fils de ma faute,
Pourquoi si tard, oh Dieu !
Me déchirez-vous le cœur ?
Pourquoi, voix funestes
Qui aujourd'hui encore me réprimandez,
Pourquoi maintenant je vous écoute
Et que je ne vous ai pas écoutées avant ?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Temistocle
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-17
Line count: 18
Word count: 94