Remember that you are | Remember that you are

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by Antonio Maria Luchini (c1690 - 1730?)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ricordati che sei

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ricordati che sei  
regina madre, e sposa,
che dell'onor gelosa
ti vuol la maestà.

Pria che soffrir la pena
d'una servil catena,
sì, sì questa tu déi
pietosa crudeltà.

Text Authorship:

by Antonio Maria Luchini (c1690 - 1730?) [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 Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Ricordati che sei", RV 711, from the opera Farnace [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Remember that you are", 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: 2018-05-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 29

Remember that you are

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Remember that you are
queen, mother, and wife,
that majesty wants you
to jealously guard your honor.

Before you suffer the
pain of servile chains,
yes, you must perform this
cruel act of mercy.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Antonio Maria Luchini (c1690 - 1730?)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 34