Reject passionate desire | Reject passionate desire

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by Antonio Ottoboni (1646 - 1720)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Frena il fervido desio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Frena il fervido desio,
Pensier mio,
Sciolto sei, non ti legar.
L’augelletto fuor del laccio
Nell’impaccio,
Che fuggì, non suol tornar.

Text Authorship:

by Antonio Ottoboni (1646 - 1720) [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 Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757), "Frena il fervido desio", published 1713, from cantata Ah pensier, e perché voli, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Reject passionate desire", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 21

Reject passionate desire

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Reject passionate desire,
My thoughts,
You are unfettered, don’t bind yourself.
A little bird, once freed 
From entrapment,
Having flown off, will never return.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Antonio Ottoboni (1646 - 1720)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 24