This heart shall return (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

Degno più di tua beltà

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Degno più di tua beltà  
questo cor ritornerà
dalle prove del valor.
Lo sprezzante tuo pensier,
perch'ho l'animo guerrier,
è a te d'onta, a me d'onor.

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by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Degno più di tua beltà", HWV 42 (1741), first performed 1741, from the opera Deidamia, no. 27. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "This heart shall return", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 26

This heart shall return

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

This heart shall return
with ample proof of its bravery,
showing itself more worthy of your beauty.

Because I have the soul of a warrior,
your scornful thoughts will bring you shame,
and they shall bring me honor.

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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: 6
Word count: 38