If the god of love should hear | If the god of love should hear

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se di quest'alma i voti

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Se di quest'alma i voti  
ascolta il dio d'amor,
lieto sarà il mio cor,
sarò felice.
Per or di più non dico,
ma forse un dì verrà,
che il labbro dir potrà
quel ch'or non dice.

Text Authorship:

by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in L'Arcadia in Brenta [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 Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785), "Se di quest'alma i voti", 1749, first performed 1749. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If the god of love should hear", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
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Word count: 36

If the god of love should hear

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If the god of love should hear
this soul's vows,
I shall be happy, and my heart joyful.

I shall not say more for the moment,
but perhaps the day will come
that my lips can say 
what they cannot say at present.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in L'Arcadia in Brenta
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
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Word count: 43