by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935)
Se meritar potessi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se meritar potessi, Cara, gli affetti tuoi Sarei de' numi istessi Più fortunato, allor. Ma sí felice sorte Per me non è serbata, Quest' alma non è nata per sì felice amor.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Domenico Bruni (1758 - 1821), "Se meritar potessi" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "If I could earn", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sarah Goulart
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 32
If only by deserving
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
If only by deserving I might claim thy affection, My dear one, by Fate's direction, What blessed fortune were mine! Yet were this bliss denied me, Should cruel loss betide me, No other love should guide me Down life's dark sad decline.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 42