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Pietà, Signore, di me dolente! Signor, pietà, se a te giunge il mio pregar; non mi punisca il tuo rigor, meno severi, clementi ognora, volgi i tuoi sguardi sopra di me, ecc. Non fia mai che nell'inferno sia dannato nel fuoco eterno dal tuo rigor. Gran Dio, giammai sia dannato nel fuoco eterno dal tuo rigor, ecc. Pietà, Signore, Signor, pietà di me dolente, se a te giunge il mio pregare, ecc. Meno severi, clementi ognora, volgi i tuoi sguardi, deh! volgi squardi su me, Signor, ecc. Pietà, Signore, di me dolente, ecc.
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)
- misattributed to Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682) and by Louis Niedermeyer (1802 - 1861), "Pietà, Signore", subtitle: "Aria di chiesa" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , title 1: "Have mercy, Lord", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Axel Bergstedt) , title 1: "Tem piedade, Senhor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Erbarme Dich, mein Gott", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Antonio Giuliano
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 93
Erbarme Dich, mein Gott, meiner Leiden! Mein Gott, erbarme Dich, wenn mein Bitten zu Dir dringt; lass' mich Deine Strenge nicht erfahren - richte Deine Blicke milde und allezeit gütig auf mich, etc. Lasse nie zu, dass ich in der Hölle zu ewigem Feuer verdammt bin durch Deine Strenge. Großer Gott, niemals möge ich verdammt sein zum ewigen Feuer durch Deine Strenge, etc. Erbarme Dich, mein Gott, mein Gott, erbarme Dich meiner Leiden, wenn mein Bitten zu Dir dringt; etc. richte Deine Blicke, ach, richte sie milde und allezeit gütig auf mich, etc. Erbarme Dich, mein Gott, meiner Leiden! etc.
Authorship
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2011 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2011-02-14
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Word count: 100