by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Translation Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935)
Se un bell'ardire
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se un bell’ardire può innamorarti, perché arrossire, perché sdegnarti di quello strale che ti piagò? Chi si fe’ chiaro per tante imprese già grande al paro di te si rese, già della sorte si vendicò.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Se un bell'ardire", 1755, first performed 1755 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Se un bell'ardire", 1741, first performed 1741 [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 35
If manly valor
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
If manly valor Thy love be claiming, Why thy cheeks pallor With blushes flaming? Why scorn the arrow That at thee flew? Why should Fate offer Such keen annoyance? To bring back joyance Say to thy lover: "Great pangs I suffer: What shall I do?"
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Authorship:
- Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 45