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Recitative: Elvira, anima mia, mirami, se lo puoi, nunzio di meste note a gl'occhi tuoi. Non più vedrai Fileno, de' più teneri affetti tra li soavi lacci, tra il mormorio de' baci ebro di gioia, a riposarsi in seno. Forz'è di rio destino ch'io parta, ch'io ti lasci e vada altrove, senza porteri dir quando né dove. Aria: Partirò, ma vedrai quanto, bell'Elvira, dal mio pianto sia il dolor del mio partir. Senza te, gioia amorosa, la mio vita è più penosa d'ogni barbaro [martir]1. Recitative: Passo al rogo fatal e son già cinto di tormenti e d'affanni. O cara Elvira, mira, pietosa mira ancor per un momento nel specchio de' miei lumi il mio tormento. Prendi l'ultimo ciglio che de bocca languente del padre moribondo il sugge un figlio Aria: Pupille vaghe, bellezza amata, alma adorata, Elvira, addio. Parto, ma resta doglia funesta nell'afflitto mio sen e nel cor mio.
1 In the original version martir was "morir"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Elvira, anima mia", RV. 654 [ soprano and basso continuo ], cantata [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Paolo Montanari) , "Elvira, my soul", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sara Westermark
This text was added to the website: 2004-10-05
Line count: 36
Word count: 153
Recitative: Elvira, my soul, look at me, if you can, I'm announcing sad things to you. You will not see Fileno anymore, amidst the sweet bonds of tender feelings, amidst the murmur of kisses, drunken with joy, resting in your bosom. Wicked fortune compels me to leave this country, to leave you and go away and I cannot tell you when I will leave nor where I'll go. Aria: I will leave, but you will see fair Elvira, from my tears, how much I'm suffering in leaving. Without you, beloved joy, my life is more painful than any barbarous torture. Recitative: I'm going to the fatal stake and I'm already surrounded by troubles and torments. My dear Elvira, look at me, have mercy, look again for one moment at the grief in the mirror of my eyes. Take a last glance, as a son does from his dying father. Aria: Fair eyes, beloved beauty, adored soul, Elvira, farewell! I leave, but a deadly pain stays in my anguished bosom and in my heart.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-04
Line count: 36
Word count: 173