Da quel sembiante appresi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE
Da quel sembiante appresi
A [sospirare amante]1;
Sempre per quel sembiante
Sospirero [d'amor]2.
La face, a cui m'accesi
[Sola]3 m'alletta e piace;
È fredda [ogni]4 altra face
Per riscaldarmi il [cor]5.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Schubert
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 395.
The text appears in L'Eroe cinese, atto I, scena III (Lisinga's aria).
1 Schubert: "sospirar d'amore"
2 Schubert: "d'amore"
3 Schubert: "Solo"
4 Schubert: "ogn'"
5 Schubert: "cuore"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "D’aquell rostre he après", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "From that countenance I learned", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De quelle forme j'ai appris", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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De quelle forme j'ai appris
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
De quelle forme j'ai appris
À soupirer d'amour,
Toujours pour cette forme
Je soupirerai d'amour.
Le feu qui me brûle
Lui seul me séduit et me plaît,
Et tout autre feu est trop froid
Pour me réchauffer le cœur.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-17
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