You wish to lead a young maiden | You wish to lead a young maiden

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by Giuseppe Maria Foppa (1760 - 1845)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ah donate il caro sposo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ah voi condur volete  
alla disperazione una figliuola
promessa a degno sposo. Non vi parla
voce di sangue in petto?
No, creder no 'l potrei...
Deh piegatevi o cielo! ai voti miei.

 	
Ah donate il caro sposo    
ad un'alma che sospira.
La mia calma, il mio riposo,
da voi sol dipenderà.

Se crudele persistete
a negarmi l'idol mio,
voi la pena pagherete
della vostra crudeltà.
Ma già sento la speranza
che lusinga questo core.
Consolate un dolce amore,
ve lo chiede la pietà.

Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Maria Foppa (1760 - 1845) [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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Ah donate il caro sposo", 1813, first performed 1813, from the opera Il signor Bruschino, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You wish to lead a young maiden", 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: 18
Word count: 83

You wish to lead a young maiden

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

You wish to lead a young maiden
who has been promised a worthy spouse
unto despair. 
The voice of your blood doesn't speak to you?
I cannot believe it. 
Pray yield to my supplications, o heaven!

Give to a soul who sighs
her beloved spouse.
My repose, my calm
depend solely upon you.

If you persist in denying me my love,
you will pay for your cruelty.
But now, I feel hope caressing this loving heart;
pity asks you to bring it hope.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Maria Foppa (1760 - 1845)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 83