He has in his eyes a charm | He has in his eyes a charm

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ha negli occhi un tale incanto

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ha negli occhi un tale incanto
Che a quest' alma affatto è nuovo;
Che, se accanto a lui mi trovo,
Non ardisco favellar.

Ei domanda, io non rispondo;
M'arrossisco, mi confondo;
Parlar credo, e poi m'avvedo
Che comincio a sospirar.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 327.

The text appears in Zenobia, atto II, scena II, Aria di Egle.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Zenobia [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ha negli occhi un tale incanto" [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Ha negli occhi un tale incanto", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Ha negli occhi un tale incanto", 1803 [ voice and piano ], from Divertimenti vocali, no. 8, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "He has in his eyes a charm", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

He has in his eyes a charm

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

He has in his eyes a charm
such as is truly new to my soul,
and which I dare not explain
when I find myself right beside him.

He asks; I don't respond.
I blush and I am lost for words.
I believe myself to be speaking,
and I then realize 
that I am beginning to sigh.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Zenobia
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-19
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Word count: 57