I am the very image | I am the very image

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by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Io sembro appunto

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Io sembro appunto  
quell'augelletto,
che alfin scampò
da quella rete,
che ritrovò
nascosta tra le fronde.

Pur alfin sciolto,
solo soletto
volando va.
E libero non sa
donar pace al suo cuor,
se nel passato impegno
ei si confonde.

Text Authorship:

by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750) [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 Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Io sembro appunto", RV 736 (1719), first performed 1719, from the opera Teuzzone [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I am the very image", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-25
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Word count: 39

I am the very image

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I am the very image
of some bird
that, having finally escaped the net,
finds itself hiding amongst the branches.

Finally let go, 
it flies off into the distance
all alone.
Yet now that it is free,
it cannot bestow peace onto its heart
if it should stumble upon some past commitment.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-12
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Word count: 52