The traitor's just reward | The traitor's just reward

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by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Al traditor il tradimento è pena

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

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Al traditor il tradimento è pena.  
Con frodi, ed inganni
mai stabil non è
fortuna mortale,
o scettro di re.
Sovente a' tiranni
il scettro reale
si cangia in catena.
Al traditor il tradimento è pena.

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), "Al traditor il tradimento è pena", 1676, first performed 1676. [tenor voice and continuo] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The traitor's just reward", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The traitor's just reward

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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The traitor's just reward
is betrayal in kind.
The fortune of mortals 
can never be secured
with fraud and deceit,
nor can the sceptre of a king.
Often, the royal diadem,
in the hands of tyrants,
changes into a chain.
The traitor's just reward
is betrayal in kind.

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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: 2018-07-29
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Word count: 48