Liberate my oppressed soul | Liberate my oppressed soul

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by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Al destin, che la minaccia

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Al destin, che la minaccia,  
togli, oh dio! quest'alma oppressa,
prima rendimi a me stessa,
e poi sdegnati con me.

Come vuoi d'un rischio in faccia
ch'io risponda a' detti tuoi?
Ah conoscermi tu puoi,
e 'l mio cor ben sai qual è.

Text Authorship:

by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Al destin, che la minaccia", K 87 no. 1 (1770), first performed 1770, from opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Liberate my oppressed soul", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Du destin qui la menace", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Liberate my oppressed soul

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Liberate my oppressed soul
from Fate, which seeks to threaten it.
First ensure that I can control my own destiny,
and then pour upon me your scorn.

How can you desire that I respond to you
when I am still directly imperilled?
If you get to know me,
you shall know well what my heart is.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 56