In the woods, in a rough crib

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Nasce al bosco in rozza cuna

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Nasce al bosco in rozza cuna
un felice pastorello
e coll’aure di fortuna
giunge i regni a dominar.
 
Presso al trono in regie fasce
sventurato un altro nasce
e fra l’ire della sorte
va gli armenti a pascolar.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Nasce al bosco in rozza cuna", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732 [ oboe, strings, bass voice, and continuo ], from opera Ezio, no. [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

In the woods, in a rough crib

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

In the woods, in a rough crib,
a happy, carefree shepherd is born,
and buoyed by the breezes of Fortune,
he comes to dominate empires.

Close to the throne, in kingly garb,
another unlucky soul is born,
and set upon by Fate's cruelty,
he goes forth to graze flocks.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 49