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Recitativo (Palmira Princess):
Dove son? Qual mi desta
Sì fatal cangiamento...
Nuovo senso d'affanno
e di spavento?
Io più padre non ho,
non ho più sposo!
Zamori, Ah, dove sei?
Karibbo! ... Oh dei! ....
Lungi da ciò che aborro,
in vil servaggio
a mille stragi esposta,
d'un vincitor feroce
che m'insidia l'onore:
Più che lo sdegno,
temo il suo amore!
Aria:
Ah! Priva del caro sposo,
Lungi dal padre amato,
in sì penoso stato,
Il cor non ha riposo.
Resister più non sa!
Se il barbaro rigore
Non può cangiar la sorte
Ah! Venga almen la morte
e tolga questo core
a tanta crudeltà.
Zamori! ... Padre! ...
Dove siete? ... Oh dio! ...
In sì penoso stato
Il cor non ha riposo
Resister più non sa.
Se il barbaro rigore
Non può cangiar la sorte
Ah! Venga almen la morte
e tolga questo core
da tanta crudeltà.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giovanni Simone Mayr (1763? - 1845), "Dove son? Qual mi desta" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , title unknown, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-22
Line count: 37
Word count: 144
Recitative: Where am I? Which fated turn of events causes me new anxiety and fears? I have lost my father and my bridegroom. Zamori, Ah! Where are you now? Karibbo! Oh gods! ... Away from those that I abhor in such a vile slavish condition exposed to thousands of slaughters of a fierce winner that attempts my honour: more than his anger I fear his love. Aria: Ah! Bereft of my dear bridegroom, sent away from my dear father, in such a painful state, the heart finds no rest and is unable to hold out. If this barbaric rigour can't change my destiny ah! let at least death come to relieve my heart from such a harsh cruelty. Zamori! ... Father!... Where are you?! ... My god! ... In such a painful state, the heart finds no rest and is unable to resist. If this barbaric rigour can't change my destiny ah! let at least death come to relieve this heart from such a harsh cruelty.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Luigi Previdali
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-22
Line count: 37
Word count: 162