by Gianbattista Varesco (1735 - 1805)
Non ho colpa, e mi condanni
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Non ho colpa, e mi condanni, idol mio, perché t'adoro. Colpa è vostra, oh dèi tiranni, e di pena afflitto io moro d'un error che mio non è. Se tu brami, al tuo impero aprirommi questo seno. Ne' tuoi lumi il leggo, è vero, ma me 'l dica il labbro almeno, e non chiedo altra mercé.
Authorship:
- by Gianbattista Varesco (1735 - 1805) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Non ho colpa, e mi condanni", K 366 no. 2 (1781), first performed 1781, from opera Idomeneo, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You condemn me, yet I am blameless", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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