I weep, it is true

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Piango, è ver; ma non procede

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Piango, è ver; ma non procede
dall’affanno il pianto ognora;
quando eccede ha pur talora
le sue lagrime il piacer.
 
Bagno è ver di pianto il ciglio
ma permesso è al cor d’un figlio
questo tenero dover.

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Antigono [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I weep, it is true", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-12
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Word count: 37

I weep, it is true

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I weep, it is true.
But tears are not always the product of torment.
When pleasure overflows,
it is apt to produce tears likewise.

I do bathe the heavens
with my tears, it is true.
But for a son's heart,
this tender duty is permitted.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Antigono

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 45