If Jupiter wrathfully launches his lightning | If Jupiter wrathfully launches his lightning

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by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

De' più superbi il core

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

De' più superbi il core  
se Giove irato fulmina,
freddo spavento ingombra,
ma d'un alloro all'ombra
non palpita il pastor.

Paventino i tiranni
le stragi, e le ritorte,
sol rida in faccia a morte
chi ha senza colpe il cor.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803) [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), "De' più superbi il core", K 135 no. 20, first performed 1772, from opera Lucio Silla, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If Jupiter wrathfully launches his lightning", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 40

If Jupiter wrathfully launches his lightning

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If Jupiter wrathfully launches his lightning,
this will strike the heart of
even the proudest mortal with cold terror.
But the shepherd does not tremble
when confronted with the laurel's shade.

Let tyrants live in dread of
slaughter and shackles.
Those whose heart has no guilt
can be of good cheer in the face of death.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni de Gamerra (1743 - 1803)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 56