Mi credi spietata?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mi credi spietata?
Mi chiami crudele?
Non tanto furore,
non tante querele,
che basta il dolore
per farmi morir.
Quell’odio, quell’ira
d’un’alma sdegnata,
ingrata Semira,
non posso soffrir.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Mi credi spietata?", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Mi credi spietata?" [ strings and soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Mi credi spietata?", HelN 78 no. 28 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You believe me spiteful?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
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Word count: 28
You believe me spiteful?
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
You believe me spiteful?
You call me cruel?
Cut out the fury
and stop complaining.
The pain is enough
to make me die!
Ungrateful Semira,
I cannot bear
such hatred and wrath
from your scorned soul.
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-26
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