Nymphs, if happily | Nymphs, if you really want

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

Translation © by David Wyatt

Ninfe se liete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ninfe se liete
viver bramate,
Non gli credete,
Non vi fidate:
È un traditore,
V'ingannerà.

Tutto promette,
Nulla mantiene;
E quando ha strette
Le sue catene,
Mai più d'un core
Non ha pietà.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, from L'amor prigionero [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Ninfe, se liete" [ vocal duet with piano ], from Trois duos italiens, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826), "Ninfe se liete", op. 29 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Nymphs, if happily", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 33

Nymphs, if happily

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Nymphs, if you really want
To live happily,
Don't trust him,
Don't believe him.
He's a betrayer,
He'll deceive you.

Makes every promise,
Keeps none of them;
And when he's tightened
His fetters on you,
He'll never have pity
On any heart.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, from L'amor prigionero
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 42