You promise me peace | You promise me peace

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Di rendermi la calma

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Di rendermi la calma
prometti o speme infida;
ma incredula quest'alma
più fede non ti dà.
 
Chi ne provò lo sdegno,
se folle al mar si fida,
de' suoi perigli è degno,
non merita pietà.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730 [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Di rendermi la calma", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ violins, alto voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]

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You promise me peace

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

You promise me peace,
o false hope.
But my unbelieving soul
will trust you no more.

Whoever foolishly trusts in the sea,
whoever has partaken of scorn,
is worthy of the danger he faces
and deserves no pity from us.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730
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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 40