by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Se meritar potessi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG POR
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.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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 I could earn
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
If I could earn,
dear, your affections,
then I would be fortunate
than the gods themselves.
But such a happy fate
is not in store for me;
this soul was not born
for such a happy love.
Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2011 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 37