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Nel sen mi palpita dolente il core; mi chiama a piangere il mio dolore; non so resistere, non so restar. Ma se di lagrime umido ho il ciglio, è solo, credimi, il tuo periglio la cagion barbara del mio penar.
Authorship
- 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), "Nel sen mi palpita", K 87 no. 4 (1770), first performed 1770, from opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My heart palpitates and grieves", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 40
My heart palpitates and grieves within my breast. Its pain prompts me to pour forth tears. I can no longer resist. I must get out of here! But if my brow is wet with tears, believe me when I say that only your danger could be the barbarous cause of my anguish.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (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 Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi (c1730 - 1795)
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 52