Alas, my dear treasure!

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ah che il destino

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ah che il destino,
Mio bel tesoro,
Altro che pene
Non ha per me!

A te vicino
D'amor mi moro:
Non ho mai bene
Lontan da te.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Strofe per musica: da cantarsi a canone [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 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Gotha, Prince (1819 - 1861), "Klage der Liebe", 1835-41 [ voice and piano ], note: the title is German but the song text is Italian [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah che il destino" [ duet for 2 sopranos (or vocal trio for 2 sopranos and tenor) with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-01
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Word count: 27

Alas, my dear treasure!

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Alas, my dear treasure!
Cruel fate for me
Has nothing in store
but grievous suffering.

When by thy side, 
I die of love,
but far from thee 
I am deprived of all that is good.

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Translations of title(s):
"Ah che il destino" = "Alas, my dear treasure!"
"Klage der Liebe" = "Love's Complaint"

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Strofe per musica: da cantarsi a canone
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 35