I shall detest virtue forever (Anonymous, set by (Georg Friedrich Händel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se l'inganno sortisce felice

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG ENG

Se l'inganno sortisce felice  
io detesto per sempre virtù.

Chi non vuoi se non quello che lice,
vive sempre infelice quaggiù.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se l'inganno sortisce felice", HWV 33 no. 25, from opera Ariodante, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I shall detest virtue forever", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I shall detest virtue forever", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

I shall detest virtue forever

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I shall detest virtue forever
if this scheme comes off well.

Whosoever desires nothing but which is legitimate
will always be unhappy in this world.

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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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 25