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by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Dimmi, cara

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Dimmi, cara,  
dimmi, «tu dei morir»
ma, o cara, non mi dir,
«parti lontan da me».

Pria di vederti, sì
forse potea partir:
or che ti veggio, no
no che non vuol non può
partire il cor e il piè.

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Text Authorship:

by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765), no title [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), "Dimmi, cara", HWV 20 no. 10 (1726), first performed 1726, from opera Scipione, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Dearest, tell me", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-22
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Word count: 40

Dearest, tell me

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Dearest, tell me that
"You must die."
But do not tell me,
"Go far away from my presence."

Before seeing you,
I might be able to depart,
but now that I see you, no,
no, my heart and my feet
cannot will themselves to leave.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-17
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