To this heart, ah!

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by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)

Translation © by Bertrand Meyer

A questo seno, deh!

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Recitative
 A questo seno, deh!
 Vieni, idolo mio. Quanti timori,
 Quante lacrime, oh Dio,
 Costi alla sposa tua.
 Dunque tu vivi. Oh contento! Oh certezza!
 Oh premio! Oh speme! Oh amor! Numi clementi,
 Nell'offrirmi, pietosi, un sì bel dono,
 Tutto il vostro rigore io vi perdono.

Aria
 Or che il [ciel]¹ a me ti rende,
 Cara parte del mio cor,
 La mia gioia, ah, non comprende
 Chi non sa che cosa è amor!
 Sono all'alma un grato oggetto
 Le [sue]² barbare vicende,
 [Ed in sen]³ dolce discende
 La memoria del dolor.

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• V. Righini

V. Righini sets stanza 2

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¹ Righini: "cielo"
² Righini: "mie"
³ Righini: "E nel sen"

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803) [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), "A questo seno deh vieni -- Or che il cielo a me ti rende", K. 374 (1781) [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "A questo seno deh vieni", R 1.36 (1773), first performed 1773, from opera Sismano nel Mogul [sung text not yet checked]
by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Or che il cielo a me ti rende", op. 7 no. 4, stanza 2, from Dodici Ariette, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertrand Meyer) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 94

To this heart, ah!

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Recitative
To this heart, ah!
Come, my idol. How many fears,
How many tears, oh God,
You have cost your spouse.
So you are alive. O happiness! O certainty!
O reward! O hope! O love! Merciful gods,
By bestowing on me, O lenient ones, such a beautiful gift,
You make me forgive all your rigors.

Aria
Now that Heaven has brought you back to me,
You cherished part of my heart,
No one, Ah, can understand my joy
Who does not know what love is!
To my soul, your barbarous adventures
Turn into an object of gratitude
As from my heart sweetly goes away
The memory of my pain.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 109