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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Io già t'amai, ritrosa
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Io già t'amai, ritrosa,
sdegnasti esser mia sposa
sempre dicesti no.

Or ch'io son Re, non voglio
compagna nel mio soglio,
aver chi mi sprezzò.

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), "Io già t'amai, ritrosa", HWV 19 (1725), first performed 1725, from the opera Rodelinda [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I loved you once, demure one", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-04-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

I loved you once, demure one
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
I loved you once, demure one,
but you disdained that 
you should be my wife,
and always said no.

Now that I am king,
I don't want a companion on my throne,
to have the one who spurned me.

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  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-25
Line count: 7
Word count: 39

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