Non ti fidar (Rolli, set by (Georg Friedrich Händel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Non ti fidar

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Non ti fidar, perchè il desire lusinga è ver!
Mà poi sovente Amor è falso e il tempo inganna.
Chi vuol goder, ho inteso a dire,
fissa il pensier nel ben presente:
chè l'avvenire ha in man la sorte cieca e tiranna.

Authorship

by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) [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), "Non ti fidar", from the opera Muzio Scevola, HWV 13, Act III [ sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Paul and Darla Mosteller

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 5
Word count: 42