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by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Stelle, non m'uccidete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Stelle, non m'uccidete.  
Se voi non secondate
la speranza del cor,
se m'ingannate,
voi con troppo dolor
mi trafiggete.
Stelle, non m'uccidete.

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), "Stelle, non m'uccidete", 1676, first performed 1676. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Stars, do not kill me.", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 22

Stars, do not kill me.

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Stars, do not kill me.
If you do not 
second my heart's 
fondest hope,
if you deceive me,
you pierce me with
o too much pain.
Stars, do not kill me.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacomo Francesco Bussani (flourished 1673-1680)

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 31