Deh nasconditio Virtu
Opera details:
Opera title: | L' Incoronazione di Poppea |
Composer: | Claudio Monteverdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | L' Incoronazione di Poppea Synopsis |
Libretto: | L' Incoronazione di Poppea Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Fortuna |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 1.02 |
| Previous scene: | Overture |
| Next scene: | E pur io torno qui qual linea |
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FORTUNADeh, nasconditi, o Virtù,
Già caduta in povertà,
Non creduta deità,
Nume ch'è senza tempio,
Diva senza devoti, e senza altari,
Dissipata,
Disusata,
Abborritta,
Mal gradita,
Ed in mio paragon sempre avvilita.
Già regina, hor plebea, che per comprarti
Gl'alimenti e le vesti
I privilegi e i titoli vendesti.
Ogni tuo professore,
Se da me sta diviso
Sembra un foco dipinto
Che nè scalda, nè splende,
Resta un calor sepolto
In penuria di luce.
Chi professa virtù non speri mai
Di posseder richezza, o gloria alcuna,
Se protetto non è dalla Fortuna!
English Libretto or Translation:
FORTUNAOh, hide, or virtue,
Already fallen into poverty,
Not believed deity,
Nume who is without a temple,
Diva without devotees, and without altars,
Drawn,
disused,
Abborritta,
Badly welcome,
And in my comparison always dejected.
Already queen, hor plebea, who to buy you
Food and clothing
The privileges and titles sold.
Each of your professors,
If it is divided by me
It looks like a painted fire
What neither warms nor shines,
A buried heat remains
In lack of light.
Those who profess virtue do not ever hope
To possess wealth, or glory,
If protected, it is not from Fortune!
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