È prezzo leggiero
Language: Italian (Italiano)
È prezzo leggiero
d’un suddito il sangue,
se all’indico impero
conserva il suo re.
O inganni felici,
se al par de’ nemici
restasse ingannato
il fato da me!
Text Authorship:
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), "È prezzo leggiero", HWV 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "È prezzo leggiero", HWV 28, from opera Poro, re dell'Indie, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "È prezzo leggiero", 1729, first performed 1729 [ strings and tenor voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The blood of a subject", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-04-26
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Word count: 28
The blood of a subject
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
The blood of a subject
is a small price to pay
to preserve for the Indian empire
the life and throne of her king.
O fortunate deceptions,
if only I could deceive fate
exactly like I deceive my enemies!
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-07
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