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

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ah non lasciarmi, no, bell'idol mio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Ah non lasciarmi, no, bell'idol mio;
Di chi mi fiderò, se tu m'inganni?
Di vita mancherei nel dirti: addio,
Che viver non potrei fra tanti affanni!

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Didone Abbandonata [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah, non lasciarmi, no, bell'idol mio" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Emil Leonhard (1810 - 1883), "Canzonetta", op. 11 (Vier Terzetten für zwei Sopran- und eine Altstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1842 [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and alto with piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth et Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Basta, vincesti -- Ah non lasciarmi, nò, bell'idol mio", K. 486a [ soprano, orchestra ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ah, ne me laisse pas, mon bel amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-01
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Ah, ne me laisse pas, mon bel amour

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Ah, ne me laisse pas, mon bel amour ;
À qui me fierai-je si tu me trahis ?
La vie va me manquer si je dois te dire adieu,
Car je ne pourrai pas survivre à tant de douleur !

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Didone Abbandonata
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 37