If a warrior should flinch (de Gamerra, set by (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Guerrier, che d'un acciaro

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Guerrier, che d'un acciaro  
impallidisce al lampo,
a dar non vada in campo
prove di sua viltà.

Se or cede a un vil timore,
se or cede alla speranza,
e qual sarà incostanza
se questa non sarà?

Authorship

by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803) [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), "Guerrier, che d'un acciaro", K 135, first performed 1772, from the opera Lucio Silla, no. 8. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If a warrior should flinch", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

If a warrior should flinch

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If a warrior should flinch
at the mere flash of a dagger,
he should not enter camp to
prove his unworthiness.

Now he cedes to base fear,
then he yields to hope:
if this is not vacillation,
I know not what is!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 42