A shepherd, though his flock be poor | A shepherd, though his flock be poor

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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Pastorello d'un povero armento

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Pastorello d'un povero armento  
pur dorme contento,
sotto l'ombra d'un faggio o d'alloro.

Io, d'un regno monarca fastoso,
non trovo riposo,
sotto l'ombra di porpora e d'oro.

Text Authorship:

by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [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), "Pastorello d'un povero armento", HWV 19 (1725), first performed 1725 [tenor, strings, and continuo], from the opera Rodelinda [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A shepherd, though his flock be poor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
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Word count: 27

A shepherd, though his flock be poor

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

A shepherd, though his flock be poor,
still slumbers tranquilly
'neath the shadow of some
beech or laurel tree.

Though I be a monarch
of a kingdom known for ceremony,
I find no rest in the shadow
of the royal purple and gold.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 43