by
Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
O cessate di piagarmi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE GER POR
Sesto:
O cessate di piagarmi,
o lasciatemi morir!
Luci ingrate, dispietate,
Più del gelo e più de' marmi
fredde e sorde a' miei martir.
Più d'un angue, più d'un aspe
crudi e sordi a' miei sospir,
[occhi alteri,
ciechi e fieri,]1
voi potete risanarmi,
e godete al mio languir.
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26 Italian Songs and Arias, Alfred Publishing Co.
1 a manuscript of arias in Copenhagen gives "occhi attroci [sic, atroci] orgogliosi" according to Knud Jeppesen in La Flora, vol. 1.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , title 1: "Pára de me ferir", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Ach hört auf, mich zu verwunden", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , title 1: "No more torture, no tormenting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Aline Perrin) , title 1: "Ou vous cessez de me blesser", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49
Pára de me ferir
Language: Portuguese (Português)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Sesto:
Pára de me ferir
Oh, deixa-me morrer!
Olhos ingratos, desapiedados,
Mais que o gelo e mais que o mármore
Sois frios e surdos ao meu martírio!
Mais que uma serpente, mais que uma víbora
Cruéis e surdas aos meus suspiros.
Olhos altivos,
Cegos e cruéis,
Vós podeis curar-me novamente,
Mas, tendes prazer no meu sofrer.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56