There is no one more barbarous | There is no one more barbarous

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Non v'è più barbaro di chi non sente

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Non v'è più barbaro
Di chi non sente
Pietà d'un misero,
D'un innocente,
Vicino a perdere
L'amato ben.

Gli astri mi uccidano
Se reo son io;
Ma non dividano
Dal seno mio
Colei ch'è l'anima
Di questo sen.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Demetrio, Act 2, Scene 2 [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Non v'è più barbaro di chi non sente" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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There is no one more barbarous

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

There is no one more barbarous
than he who does not feel
pity for an innocent wretch,
close as he is 
to losing his dear beloved.

May the heavens strike me down 
if I am guilty,
But let them not divide from my breast
she who is its soul.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Demetrio, Act 2, Scene 2
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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Word count: 49