I know Cupid does not enjoy | I know Cupid does not enjoy

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

So ch’è fanciullo Amore

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

So ch’è fanciullo Amore
né conversar gli piace
con la canuta età.
 
Di scherzi ei si compiace;
si stanca del rigore;
e stan di rado in pace
rispetto e libertà.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "So ch'è fanciullo Amore", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Sò che fanciullo è Amore", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Sò ch'è fanciullo Amore", 1756, first performed 1756 [ 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I know Cupid does not enjoy", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I know Cupid does not enjoy

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I know Cupid does not enjoy
conversing too freely
around hoary Age.

He contents himself with jokes and levity
and relaxes all decorum;
he demonstrates that respect and liberty
are seldom at peace with each other.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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