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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Ma, che vi fece, o stelle
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ma che vi fece, o stelle,
La povera Dircea, che tante unite
Sventure contro lei! Voi, che inspiraste
I casti affetti alle nostr'alme; voi,
Che al pudico Imeneo, foste presenti,
Difendetelo, o Numi: io mi confondo.
M'oppresse il colpo a segno,
Che il cor mancommi, e si smarrì l'ingegno.
Sperai vicino il lido,
Credei calmato il vento,
Ma trasportar mi sento
Fra le tempeste ancor.
E da uno scoglio infido
Mentre salvar mi voglio,
Urto in un altro scoglio
Del primo assai peggior.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ma, che vi fece, o stelle", K. 368 (1781) [ soprano, orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mais que vous fit-elle, ô étoiles", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Garrett Medlock) , "But what did poor Dirce do to you, oh stars,", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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