Tu di ceppi mi aggravi la mano?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Tu di ceppi mi aggravi la mano?
Mi minacci di morte funesta?
Ma non sai, che non tanto è lontano
a colpirti lo sdegno del ciel.
Tra gli affanni, tra i fieri tormenti
troppo tardi l'error piangerai,
e pietade, ma invan chiederai,
che non merta chi tanto è infedel.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You oppress my limbs with chains?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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You oppress my limbs with chains?
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
You oppress my limbs with chains?
You dare to threaten me with fearsome death?
Surely you do not know that Heaven's rage
will strike you down imminently!
Amidst cruel torments and great suffering
you will regret your error too late,
but he who has broken his word
does not deserve mercy
and pleads for it in vain.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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