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L'angue offeso mai non posa, se il veleno pria non spande dentro il sangue all'offensor. Così l'alma mia non osa di mostrarsi altera e grande se non svelle l'empio cor.
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- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "L'angue offeso mai non posa", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 25. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A serpent, when provoked", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
A serpent, when provoked, will not rest before emptying its poison into the offender's blood. So my soul does not dare to vaunt its merits if it does not eradicate that wicked heart.
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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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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
This text was added to the website: 2018-07-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 33