If my lips do not say so (Trapassi) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se il labbro nol dice

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Se il labbro nol dice,
ti parla il sembiante
d’amico costante,
di servo fedel.
 
Che farsi palese
almen con l’imprese
per esser felice
sol brama dal ciel.

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La Nitteti [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 27

If my lips do not say so

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If my lips do not say so,
may the countenance
of a faithful friend
and loyal servant
do so for me,

for it only desires from heaven
that it at least become evident
how I may achieve happiness
through my deeds.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La Nitteti

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-05
Line count: 9
Word count: 41