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Taci, lo voglio, e basti; meglio il dover consiglia: mostrami in te la figlia degna del genitor. Di un passeggero orgoglio perdono in te l'eccesso; ti dica questo amplesso, che mi sei cara ancor. (si sentono da lungi squillar le trombe) Ma già le trombe squillano! Giunge Rodrigo! Oh sorte! Io ti precedo: seguimi, ed offri al prode, al forte in puro omaggio il cor. Di quelle trombe al suono ah! Ridestar mi sento nel core, di forze spento, l'usato mio valor.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Taci, lo voglio, e basti", 1819, first performed 1819, from the opera La donna del lago, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Be silent: let my will suffice", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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Word count: 82
Be silent: let my will suffice; better that duty should guide you: show yourself to me as a daughter becoming her sire. I pardon in you a fleeting outburst of pride; may this embrace show you how dear you are to me still. (trumpets in the distance) But now the trumpets sound! Rodrigo has arrived! O fortune! I shall precede you: follow close behind, and offer to that brave warrior your heart in true homage. At the sound of those trumpets, I feel in my heart the reawakening of my accustomed valor, previously sapped of its vigor.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (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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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Andrea Leone Tottola (d. 1831)
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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Word count: 97