Gelido in ogni vena
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Gelido in ogni vena
Scorrer mi sento il sangue.
L'ombra del figlio esangue
M' ingombra di terror.
E per maggior mia pena
[Veggio]1 che fui crudele
A un'anima fedele,
A un innocente cor.
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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio, Poeta e Bibliotecario. Cesareo, Tome II, Londra (London), 1774, pages 205-206.
1 Händel, Vinci, Vivaldi: "vedo"
Authorship:
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), "Gelido in ogni vena", HWV 24 (1728), first performed 1728 [ strings, bass voice, and continuo ], from opera Siroe, re di Persia [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Gelido in ogni vena", 1726, first performed 1726 [ strings and soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Gelido in ogni vena", RV 711 (1727) [ counter-tenor and instrumental ensemble ], from opera Farnace [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2019-04-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 33
Like ice in every vein
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Like ice in every vein,
I feel my blood flow,
the shade of my lifeless son
falls over me; I’m terrorized.
And worse than that pain,
I see that I was cruel
to an innocent soul,
to the heart of my heart.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-27
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