I followed him in happiness | I followed him in happiness

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Lo seguitai felice

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Lo seguitai felice
quand’era il ciel sereno;
alle tempeste in seno
voglio seguirlo ancor.
 
Come dell’oro il fuoco
scuopre le masse impure,
scuoprono le sventure
de’ falsi amici il cuor.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720 - 1795), "Lo seguitai felice", 1747-1753 [ voice, strings and double bass ], from 12 arie, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Lo seguitai felice", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Lo seguitai felice", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, oboe solo, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I followed him in happiness", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I followed him in happiness

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I followed him in happiness
while the skies were still calm,
and I wish to follow him still,
even with the storms brewing in my heart.

As fire brings to the surface
the impure masses in gold ore,
misfortunes shall uncover
false friends' true hearts.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade
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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 45