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Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo) Handel – Page 1 of 1
Lascia ch'io pianga
Almirena's aria from the opera RinaldoText by Giacomo Rossi and Aaron Hill after Torquato Tasso's (1544-1595) Gerusalemme liberataSet by George F. Handel (1685-1759)
Recitative 1
Armida dispietata! Colla forza d'abisso
Armida crule! With-a force of-hell
rapimmi al caro ciel di miei contenti,
capture-me from-the dear heaven of my happiness,
e qui con duolo eterno viva mi tieni
and here in sadness eternal alive me holds
in tormentoso inferno.
in tormenting hell.
Signor! Ah! per pietà lasciami piangere.
Lord! Ah! out-of pity let-me cry.
AriaLascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,
Allow that-I weep-over my cruel fate,
e che sospiri la libertà.
and that I-may-sigh-for [the] freedom.
Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de' miei martiri,
(Let-my) sadness shatter these chains of my suffering,
sol per pietà.
(if)-only out-of pity.
(Literal translation and IPA transcription © by Bard Suverkrop—IPA Source, LLC)
1 Almirena's recitative to this aria is taken from a larger dialog with Artante.
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