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by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Speranza mi dice

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Speranza mi dice,
che questa mia mano
vendetta farà.
Il cor mi predice,
che rege inumano
svenato cadrà.
Speranza mi dice.

Mi dice il pensiero,
che l'empio regnante
esangue sarà.
Che rege severo
trafitto, e spirante
quest'alma vedrà.
Speranza mi dice.

Text Authorship:

by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680) [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 Antonio Sartorio (1630 - 1680), "Speranza mi dice", 1676, first performed 1676. [2 violins, soprano voice, and continuo] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , 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: 2018-07-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 41

Hope tells me

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Hope tells me
that this hand of mine
shall achieve vengeance.
My heart tells me that 
the inhuman king 
shall succumb to his wounds.
So hope tells me.

My thoughts say
that the wicked ruler
shall be bled dry.
This harsh potentate,
pierced and gasping for breath,
shall see this soul triumph.
So hope tells me.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 56