If I come home with my brow unadorned | If I come home with my brow unadorned

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by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se di lauri il crine adorno

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Se di lauri il crine adorno    
fide spiagge, a voi non torno,
tinto almen non porto il volto
di vergogna, e di rossor.

Anche vinto, ed anche oppresso
io mi serbo ognor l'istesso,
e vi reco in petto accolto
sempre eguale il mio gran cor.

Text Authorship:

by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795) [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), "Se di lauri il crine adorno", K 87 no. 8, from opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I come home with my brow unadorned", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si couronné de lauriers", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

If I come home with my brow unadorned

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If I come home with my brow unadorned
with laurels, o faithful shores,
at least I do not carry a face
tainted with shame or blushing.

Though defeated, and though oppressed,
I bear myself as I always have,
and I bring to you in my breast,
as always, a constant heart.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 51