Merciful heaven, you know | Merciful heaven, you know how honest is my heart

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by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Giusto ciel, che conoscete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Giusto ciel, che conoscete    
quanto il cor onesto sia,
deh, voi date all'alma mia
quella pace che non ha.

Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799) [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Giusto ciel, che conoscete", 1782, first performed 1782, from opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Merciful heaven, you know", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-03
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Merciful heaven, you know

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Merciful heaven, you know how honest is my heart.
Pray concede unto my soul the peace
which it sorely lacks.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
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Word count: 20