Pray let me breathe | Pray let me breathe

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Deh respirar lasciatemi

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Deh respirar lasciatemi  
qualche momento in pace;
capace di risolvere
la mia ragion non è.

Mi trovo in un istante
giudice, amico, amante
e delinquente e re.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse [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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Deh respirar lasciatemi", HelN 78 no. 7 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Pray let me breathe

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Pray let me breathe 
for one moment in peace,
my reason is not yet capable 
of coming to a decision.

I find myself in an instant
at once judge, friend, lover,
criminal, and king.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-21
Line count: 7
Word count: 34