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by Luigi Romanelli (1751 - 1839)

Se di certo io non sapessi
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Se di certo io non sapessi  
che la donna è ingannatrice,
i lamenti di Clarice
mi farebbero pietà.
Pietà? pietà?... spropositi;
dove mi va la testa?
guai, se a pietà mi desta!
son fritto, come va.
Ah! non sedurmi, amore;
è giusto il mio rigore:
ah! non fia ver che in femmina
io sogni fedeltà.

Text Authorship:

  • by Luigi Romanelli (1751 - 1839) [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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Se di certo io non sapessi", 1812, first performed 1812, from the opera La pietra del paragone [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I did not know for certain", 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: 2018-05-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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