by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

So che un sogno è la speranza
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
So che un sogno è la speranza,
so che spesso il ver non dice;
ma pietosa ingannatrice
consolando almen mi va.
 
Fra quei sogni il core ha pace
e capace almen si rende
di sue barbare vicende
a soffrir la crudeltà.

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Confirmed with Opere del signor Ab. Pietro Metastasio, Bd. 9, Venezia, 1795.


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Die Hoffnung
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Wohl ist Hoffnung nur ein Traumbild,
das mich täuschend oft belüget,
doch da tröstend es betrüget,
heilt es Wunden balsammild.

In dem Traume find' ich Frieden,
mir wird Kraft durch ihn beschieden,
dass den tötend wilden Schmerz
trägt das arme, kranke Herz.

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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 42