Non giova il sospirar, no,
Non lagrimar per me.
Tirsi più tuo non è,
Licori infida;
Godi del nuovo amor.
Troverà tirsi ancor
Ninfa, se non più bella,
Almen di te più fida, sì.

Note: This song is published in Gateway to Italian Art Songs, Alfred Publishing Co., edited by John Glenn Paton.

Text Authorship:

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'Angelica [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Non giova il sospirar" [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Non giova il sospirar" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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