Even the tiger | Even the tiger

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Se il caro figlio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Se il caro figlio
vede in periglio
diventa umana
la tigre ircana
e lo difende
dal cacciator.
 
Più fiero core
del tuo non vidi.
Non senti amore,
la prole uccidi,
empio ti rende
cieco furor.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1726, appears in Siroe, re di Persia [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se il caro figlio", HWV 24 (1728), first performed 1728 [ violins, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Siroe, re di Persia [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Even the tiger", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Even the tiger

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Even the tiger
from far-off Hyrcania
will become human
and defend her son
from the huntsman
who poses a danger.

I have seen no heart
more proud and stubborn than yours.
You feel no love,
you kill your offspring,
and blind fury renders you
tyrannical and cruel.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1726, appears in Siroe, re di Persia
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 47