Delaying vengeance (Rolli, set by (Georg Friedrich Händel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Al tardar della vendetta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Al tardar della vendetta,  
o la scorda o non l'aspetta,
e se n' ride l'offensor.

Alfin l'empio scorger suole
che in esempio il ciel lo vuole
castigato dall'error.

Authorship

by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Al tardar della vendetta", HWV 42, first performed 1741, from the opera Deidamia, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Delaying vengeance", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 28

Delaying vengeance

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Delaying vengeance
causes him who has offended
to forget it or not to expect it,
and so he is apt to mock it.

Finally the wretch notices
that heaven desires him 
to be punished as a warning to others.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-29
Line count: 7
Word count: 39