You are surely worthy | You are surely worthy

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by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Tu ben degno

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Tu ben degno  
sei dell'allor
(ma di sdegno
arde il mio cor).

Con l'oggetto,
che sa il tuo amor
avrai nel petto
dolce l'ardor.

Text Authorship:

by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [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), "Tu ben degno", HWV 6 no. 8 (1709), first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You are surely worthy", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 24

You are surely worthy

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

You are surely worthy
of all these laurels.
(But my heart burns over
with disdain and spite!)

Once she knows 
of your love,
sweet is the passion 
you shall enjoy.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 30