by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838)
Translation © by Pilar Lirio

Un moto di gioia
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GRE GRE SPA
Un moto di gioia
Mi sento nel petto,
Che annunzia diletto
In mezzo il timor!

Speriam che in contento
Finisca l'affanno
Non sempre è tiranno
Il fato ed amor.

Di pianti di pene
Ognor non si pasce,
Talvolta poi nasce
Il ben dal dolor:

E quando si crede
Più grave il periglio,
Brillare si vede
La calma maggior.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   W. Mozart 

W. Mozart sets stanzas 1-2

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

  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "An emotion of joy", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , title 1: "Un pálpito", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Un mouvement de joie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , title 1: "Σκίρτημα χαράς", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , title 1: "Στο στήθος σκιρτάει", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 58

Un pálpito
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Un pálpito de alegría
siento en mi pecho,
que anuncia la alegría
en medio del temor.

Esperemos que en la alegría
acabe la fatiga
no siempre es tirano
el destino y el amor.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Spanish (Español) copyright © by Pilar Lirio, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 33