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| ==Libretto==
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| | title = {{lang|it|"Se potessero i sospir' miei"}}
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| | english-title = Had but my Sighs the Pow'r to swell
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| | composer =Georg Friedrich Händel
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| | lyricist =anonymous, after [[Silvio Stampiglia]]
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| | work =[[Imeneo]]
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| | catalogue = HWV 41
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| | role = Tirinto
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| }}
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| </div>
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| {{Libretti
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| | country =Italy
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| | language-note =
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| | libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|Se potessero i sospir’ miei
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| far che l’onde
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| a queste sponde,
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| riportassero il legno infido,<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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| io vorrei
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| tutti sciogliere là sul lido
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| i sospiri del mio cor.
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| Ma non possono far dal mare
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| ritornare
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| a me Rosmene.
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| Deh! sù l’ale a queste arene
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| La conduca il dio d’amor!}}</poem>
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| <poem>
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| <nowiki>*</nowiki>) Libretto 1742: "ritornassero";
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| Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft Leipzig: "riportassero".<ref name="Libretto"/><ref name="IMSLP"/>
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| </poem>
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| }}{{Libretti
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| | country =Italy
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| | language-note =Ancient Italian
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| | libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|Se potessero i sospir miei
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| Far; che l'onde
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| A queste sponde
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| Ritornassero il Legno infido:<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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| Io vorrei
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| Tutti sciogliere là sul lido
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| I sospiri del mio cor.
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| Ma non posson' far dal mare
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| Ritornare
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| A me Rosmene.
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| Deh! su l’ali a qùest Arene
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| La conduca il Dio d’Amor.<ref name="Libretto"/>}}
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| </poem><poem>
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| <nowiki>*</nowiki>) Libretto 1742: "ritornassero";
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| Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft Leipzig: "riportassero".<ref name="Libretto"/><ref name="IMSLP"/>
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| </poem>
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| }}</div>
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| {{Clear|left}}{{Libretti
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| | country =United Kingdom
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| | language-note =Historic poetic translation
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| | libretto-text =<poem>Had but my Sighs the Pow'r to swell
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| The sleeping Gales, and roll the Sea,
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| And back the treach'rous Bark repel,
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| The Bark that bore my Life away;
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| My anxious Bosom wou'd suffice
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| Sufficient Gales of ceaseless Sighs.
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| But Winds and Seas the Spoilers aid,
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| And bear far hence the wretched Maid.
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| Ah, God of Love! on gentle Wing,
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| Back to this Shore the Captive bring.<ref name="Libretto"/></poem>
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| }}
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| ==Context== | | ==Context== |
| The aria is set at the beginning of Act I, closing Scene I. The location is a pleasant garden in Athens, where ''Tirinto'' (Tirinthus) shares his grief upon the loss of Rosemene with ''Argenius''. Rosmene, a virgin of goddess Ceres, has fallen into the hands of barbaric pirates. | | The aria is set at the beginning of Act I, closing Scene I. The location is a pleasant garden in Athens, where ''Tirinto'' (Tirinthus) shares his grief upon the loss of Rosemene with ''Argenius''. Rosmene, a virgin of goddess Ceres, has fallen into the hands of barbaric pirates. |