If I make you happy in my victory (Trapassi, set by (Giovanni Adolfo Hasse)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se vincendo vi rendo felici

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Se vincendo vi rendo felici,
se partendo non lascio nemici,
che bel giorno fia questo per me!
 
De’ sudori ch’io spargo pugnando
non dimando più bella mercé.

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

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by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Se vincendo vi rendo felici", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 horns, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

If I make you happy in my victory

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If I make you happy in my victory,
if I leave behind no enemies when I depart,
what a great day may this be for me!

The sweat that I have shed in combat
is sufficient homage to my labors.

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

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-03
Line count: 5
Word count: 40