To conceal the great flame

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Ah celar la bella face

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ah celar la bella face
in cui pena un cor fedele
è difficile, è crudele,
è impossibile dover.
 
Benché in petto amor sepolto
prigioniero contumace
frange i lacci e fugge al volto
con gli arcani del pensier.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il Trionfo de Clelia, first published 1762 [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Ah celar la bella face", from opera Il trionfo di Clelia [sung text checked 1 time]

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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: 2019-12-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

To conceal the great flame

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

To conceal the great flame
by which a faithful heart suffers
is a difficult, a cruel,
alas, an impossible duty.

Even though buried deep in one's heart,
love, a rebellious prisoner
will break its chains and flee via one's face,
taking with it one's secret thoughts.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il Trionfo de Clelia, first published 1762
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 46