Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle | Ah se in ciel benigne stelle

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

Ah se in ciel benigne stelle

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Ah se in ciel benigne stelle,
   La pietà non è smarrita,
   O toglietemi la vita,
   O lasciatemi il mio ben.
Voi, che ardete ognor si belle
   Del mio ben nel dolce aspetto,
   Proteggete il puro affetto
   Che ispirate a questo sen.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Biblioteca Classica Italia. Secolo XVIII. No. 16. Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume 1, Trieste, Sezione Letterario-ARtistica del Lloyd Austriaco, 1857, page 430.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in L'Eroe cinese [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle", K. 538 (1788). [soprano, orchestra] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 41