Bramar di perdere
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Bramar di perdere
per troppo affetto
parte dell'anima
nel caro oggetto
è il duol più barbaro
d'ogni dolor.
Pur fra le pene
sarò felice,
se il caro bene
sospira e dice:
«Troppo a Semira
fu ingrato amor».
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785), "Bramar di perdere" [ strings and alto voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Bramar di perdere per troppo affetto", 1726, first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Bramar di perdere troppo affetto", HelN 78 no. 6 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 37
To wish to lose
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
To wish to lose
out of too much love
a part of one's soul
in one's dearest treasure
is the most barbarous
of all pain.
I shall yet be happy
in the midst of such pain
if my dearest love
sighs and says,
"Love has been
too ungrateful to Semira."
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Translations of title(s):
"Bramar di perdere per troppo affetto" = "To wish to lose out of too much love"
"Bramar di perdere" = "To wish to lose"
"Bramar di perdere troppo affetto" = "To wish to lose out of too much love"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
