Air d'Abraham | Quand il naît, l'homme entre

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Entra l'uomo, allor che nasce

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Entra l'uomo, allor che nasce,
In un mar di tante pene,
Che s'avvezza dalle fasce
Ogni affanno a sostener.

Ma per lui sì raro è il bene,
Ma la gioia è così rara,
Che a soffrir mai non impara
Le sorprese del piacer.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 546.

The text appears in "Isacco figura del redentore", parte II, Aria di Abramo

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Isacco figura del redentore [author's text checked 1 time 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 Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Entra l'uomo allor che nasce", 1742, first performed 1742 [ strings and tenor voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Entra l'uomo, allor che nasce", D 33 (1812), published 1940 [ voices ], 6 composition exercises (during Schubert's studies with Salieri) for 1 to 4 voices [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Entra l’home, quan neix", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Man enters, at the hour he is born", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Air d'Abraham", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Air d'Abraham

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Quand il naît, l'homme entre
Dans une mer de tant de douleurs,
Qu'il est habitué dès le berceau
À supporter toute peine.

Mais pour lui, le bien est rare,
Mais la joie est aussi rare,
Qu'il n'apprend jamais à supporter
La surprise du plaisir.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Isacco figura del redentore
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 44