I cannot tell you how happy I am | I cannot tell you how happy I am!

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Non so dirti il mio contento

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Non so dirti il mio contento:
Si confonde il pensier mio
Fra que' teneri, ch'io sento,
Dolci moti del mio cor.

Mille affetti uniti insieme
Fanno a gara in questo petto:
V'è la gioia, v'è la speme,
V'è il rispetto e v'è l'amor.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1740, appears in Il natal di Giove [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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Non so dirti il mio contento" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I cannot tell you how happy I am", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-04
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Word count: 43

I cannot tell you how happy I am

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I cannot tell you how happy I am!
My thoughts are all turned inside out
amidst the tender motions
I feel in my heart.

A thousand different feelings
compete for dominance in my breast.
There's joy, then there's hope,
then respect, and love.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1740, appears in Il natal di Giove
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 43