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L'amerò, sarò costante from Il Re Pastore (The Shepherd King), K. 208
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
YouTube clip with June Anderson & Joshua Bell
Italian text by Pietro Metastasio EnglishTranslation by Ed Lein, c2009 English Versification by Ed Lein, c2009
L'amerò, sarò costante:
Fido sposo, e fido amante
Sol per lei sospirerò.
In sì caro e dolce oggetto
La mia gioia, il mio diletto,
La mia pace io troverò.
I shall love her, I shall be constant:
Faithful spouse, and faithful belovéd,
Only for her shall I sigh.
In so darling and sweet an object
My joy, my delight,
My peace shall I find.
I'll love her, constant and ever:
Faithful husband, unfaltering lover,
Only for her I'll yearn and sigh.
In an object so precious and pleasing
My greatest joy and sense of well-being,
My sweetest solace there shall I find.