Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa

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Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
by Georg Friedrich Händel
First page il trionfo.jpg
First page of Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, manuscript[1]
EnglishThe Triumph of Time and Disillusion
CatalogueHWV 46a
LibrettoBenedetto Pamphili
Premiere
Date1707
LocationRome[2]

"Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa" is an aria from the oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno" (Engl: The Triumph of Time and Disillusion) by Georg Friedrich Händel. The libretto was written by Benedetto Pamphili. The oratorio had its premiere in Rome in 1707. "Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa", one of its most popular arias, was later used again by Händel, with the more widely known lyrics "Lascia ch'io pianga" in his opera Rinaldo.[3]

The aria appears on the following album:

Year Album Ensemble
2020 La Vanità del Mondo (Album) Ensemble Artaserse

It is part of the following concert program:

Year Concert program With Ensemble Conductor
2021 Stabat mater – Caldara & Pergolesi Céline Scheen L'Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar

Libretto

Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa
(Leave the thorn, pick the rose)

from  Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno,  HWV 46a
Georg Friedrich Händel (music),  Benedetto Pamphili (words)

(Piacere)


‎

Italy
Modernized Italian

Lascia la spina,
cogli la rosa;
tu vai cercando
il tuo dolor.
Canuta brina
per mano ascosa,
giungerà quando
nol crede il cor.

Punctuation added

Italy
Original

Lascia la spina,
cogli la rosa
tu vai cercando
il tuo dolor.
Canuta brina
per mano ascosa
giungerà quando
nol crede il cor.

From manuscript, 1707[1]

United Kingdom

Leave the thorn,
pick the rose
you go looking for
your sorrow.
Silvery frost
by hidden hand
will come when
the heart does not believe it.[4]

Manuscripts and sheet music

  • Autograph
Royal Music Collection.
G.F. Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo [HWV 46a; circa 1710.
Copy, partly autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXIV).
"Il Trionfo del Tempo [HWV 46a; circa 1710". British Library. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.[1]
  • Sheet music at the IMSLP
"Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità, HWV 46 (Handel, George Frideric)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno". British Library. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità, HWV 46 (Handel, George Frideric)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  4. ↑ English translation by FR, 2021
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