You, prepare to die | You, prepare to die

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Tu preparati a morire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Tu preparati a morire,  
se mentire ti vedrò!

Se la bella m'ha ingannato,
disperato io morirò.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 preparati a morire", HWV 33 no. 21, from opera Ariodante, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You, prepare to die", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 16

You, prepare to die

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

You, prepare to die
if I see you to be a liar!

I shall perish of despair
if my love has indeed deceived me.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 24