Whether, in such a moment | Whether, in such a moment

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Non conosco in tal momento

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Non conosco in tal momento
se l’amico o il genitore
sia più degno di pietà.
 
So però per mio tormento
ch’era scelta in me l’amore,
ch’era in te necessità.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse [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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Non conosco il tal momento", HelN 78 no. 21 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Whether, in such a moment", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
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Word count: 29

Whether, in such a moment

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Whether, in such a moment,
my friend or his father is more deserving of pity,
I do not know.

Nevertheless, I know, to my torment,
that my love was taken from me,
that this was your apparent duty.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 38