Che non mi disse un dì!
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Che non mi disse un dì!
Quai numi non giurò!
E come, oh Dio! si può,
come si può così
mancar di fede?
Tutto per lui perdei;
oggi lui perdo ancor.
Poveri affetti miei!
Questa mi rendi, Amor,
[questa]1 mercede?
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1 Spontini: "grata"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josina (Giustina) Anna Petronella van Aerssen (1733 - 1797), "Che non mi dissi un dì!", op. 4 no. 1 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Arie sciolte, no. 1, Utrecht : Koninklijke vereniging voor nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis , 2007 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Che non mi disse un dì?", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Che non mi disse un dì!", published 1844, from Il sibillo [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Che non mi disse un dì?", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Che non mi disse un dì?", 1756, first performed 1756 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Che non mi disse un dì!", subtitle: "Arietta", published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Schlesinger, Album. Neue Original Compositionen für Gesang und Piano [...] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What has he not said to me once upon a time?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach)
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2008-05-01
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What has he not said to me once upon a time?
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
What has he not said to me once upon a time?
What gods did he neglect to swear upon?
Oh God! How could he be
so lacking in faith?
For him have I lost everything once,
and today, it's happened all over again.
My poor affections!
This, Love, is your mercy?
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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