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by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)

Sempre in contrasti
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  HEB
(a Serpina)
Sempre in contrasti
con te si sta,
e qua e là;
e su e giù
e sì e no;
or questo basti;
finir si può.

(a Vespone)
Mache ti pare? ah!
Ho io a crepare?
Signor mio, no.

(a Serpina)
Però dovrai pur sempre 
piangere la tua disgrazia,
e allor dirai che ben ti sta.

(a Vespone)
Che dici tu?
Non è così?
Ah! Che! No! Sì, 
ma così è.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Sempre in contrasti", from the opera [selections] La Serva Padrona [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , title 1: "תמיד להפך", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ehud Shapiro

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 72

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