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Sol che un istante io miri, la bella mia nemica, la dolce fiamma antica, sento svegliarmi in sen; ritorno a miei sospiri, d'amor per lei mi moro; il mio destino adoro negli occhi del mio ben.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 15. Il primo amore [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 Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), "Sol che un istante io miri", op. 9 no. 4 (c1813), published [1814] [ voice and piano ], from Sei Canzoni, no. 4, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Sol che un", op. 7 no. 7, from Dodici Ariette, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 36
If only for an instant, I admire my beautiful enemy, I can feel a sweet, ancient flame, Awakening in my heart; I return to my sighing, My dying of love for her; and I embrace my destiny with my whole heart, in the eyes of the object of my desire.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 15. Il primo amore
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 50