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Ombra cara di mia sposa, Deh! riposa, E lieta aspetta La vendetta che farò! E poi tosto ove tu stai Mi vedrai Venire a volo, E fedel t’abbraccerò.
Authorship
- by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [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), "Ombra cara", HWV 12 (1720) [ soprano or contralto and orchestra ], from opera Radamisto [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dear spirit", copyright © 2019
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 28
Dear spirit of my wife, Ah! rest [in peace], And wait happily For the vengeance I will take! And promptly afterward, You will see me come flying To where you are now, And faithfully I will embrace you.
Authorship
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 38