Venere: Odi l'aura che dolce sospira; Mentre fugge scutendo le fronde, Se l'intendi, ti parla d'amor. Pallade: Senti l'onda che rauca s'aggira; Mentre geme radendo le sponde, Se l'intendi, si lagna d'amor. (a due): Quell'affetto chi sente nel petto, Sa per prova se nuoce, se giova, Se diletto produce o dolor!
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 622.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La pace fra la virtù e la bellezza [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Odi l'aura", op. 82 (Vier Arietten und ein Duett) no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Uri Liebrecht) , "Hear the breeze in flight", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Écoute la brise", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Schnell, verblühen im Wechsel der Stunden Blumen, die uns die Freude gewunden, und es schlüpfet, kaum gefunden, aus den Händen uns das Glück! Doch auch das Dunkel, vom Schicksal gegeben, muß im Wechsel der Stunden verschweben. Nimmer rastend eilt das Leben; was dahin, kehrt nie zurück! O so laßt an dem goldenen Saume fest uns fassen die glückliche Nähe, und uns freuen, so lang sie verweilt, o so lange sie verweilt, ja so lange sie verweilt!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in La pace fra la virtù e la bellezza
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Schnell, verblühen", op. 82 (Vier Arietten und ein Duett) no. 5, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vite, fanées", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 76