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by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

La mia augusta è mia tiranna

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

La mia augusta è mia tiranna.  
Anche il padre mi condanna.
Altro scampo non ho, che l'innocenza.
Ma in tanta crudeltà
forte mi troverà
la ria sentenza.

Text Authorship:

by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750) [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 Antonio Lotti (1667 - 1740), "La mia augusta è mia tiranna", 1716, first performed 1716 [ soprano voice and strings ], from opera Alessandro Severo [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My empress is my tyrant", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

My empress is my tyrant

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

My empress is my tyrant.
Even my father condemns me.
I have no recourse save my innocence.
In the face of such cruelty,
the dreaded sentence shall find me
ready to bear it courageously.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 34