You can even take away my life | You can even take away my life

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by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Toglietemi la vita ancor

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Toglietemi la vita ancor,
crudeli cieli,
se mi volete rapir il cor,
toglietemi la vita ancor.

Negatemi i rai del dì,
severe sfere,
se vaghe siete del mio dolor,
toglietemi la vita ancor.

Text Authorship:

by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "Toglietemi la vita ancor", published 1683, from the opera [selections] Il Pompeo [
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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "You can even take away my life", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 33

You can even take away my life

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

[You can] even take away my life,
cruel heavens,
if you want to carry off my heart,
Take away my life.

Deny me the sun’s rays,
severe spheres¹,
if you are pleased with my sadness,
Just take away my life.

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¹ as in an eclipse or at night

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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Word count: 42