by Agostino Piovene
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Sposa son disprezzata
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Sposa son disprezzata,
fida son oltraggiata,
cieli che feci mai? 
E pur egl'è il mio cor
il mio sposo, il mio amor,
la mia speranza. 
L'amo ma egl'è infedel
spero ma egl'è crudel,
morir mi lascierai? 
O Dio manca il valor
valor e la costanza.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Elfrieda Langemann O'Neill) , "I am wife and I am scorned", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Eine verachtete Frau bin ich", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 45

Eine verachtete Frau bin ich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Eine verachtete Frau bin ich,
treu, gleichwohl verstoßen.
Himmel, was hab ich bloß getan?
Und dennoch ist er mein Herz,
mein Mann, meine Liebe,
mein Hoffen.

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  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2001 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 26