Per pietà, bell'idol mio

Per pietà, bell'idol mio,
non mi dir ch'io sono ingrato;
infelice e sventurato
abbastanza il Ciel mi fa.

Se fedele a te son io,
se mi struggo ai tuoi bei lumi,
sallo amor, lo sanno i Numi
il mio core, il tuo lo sa.

by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) [pseudonym] , from Artaserse

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) , "Per pietà, bell'idol mio", from Sei Ariette, no. 5.
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , "Per pietà, bell'idol mio", K. 78, K. 73b (c1766), stanza 1. [soprano, orchestra]

ENG English (Camilla Bugge)
GER German (Bertram Kottmann)

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  Twenty Six Italian Songs and Arias (J. G. Paton) [tismusic.com]
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