I know how it displeases you (Cigna-Santi, set by (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

So quanto a te dispiace

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

So quanto a te dispiace  
l'error d'un figlio ingrato:
ma pensa alla tua pace,
questa tu déi serbar.

Spettacolo novello
non è, se un arboscello
dal tronco, donde è nato,
si vede tralignar.

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by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "So quanto a te dispiace", K 87 no. 15 [ strings and soprano voice ], from opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I know how it displeases you", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

I know how it displeases you

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I know how it displeases you
when your son shows his ingratitude,
but think of your own tranquility,
which you must maintain.

If a young sapling
is seen to deteriorate 
from the greatness of the trunk which bore it,
it is no new spectacle.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 44