Il Pompeo

Opera by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)

?. O cessate di piagarmi
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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,
 voi potete risanarmi,
 e godete al mio languir.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "No more torture, no tormenting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Aline Perrin) , "Ou vous cessez de me blesser", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ach hört auf, mich zu verwunden", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , "Pára de me ferir", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: A copyrighted translation is available in 26 Italian Songs and Arias, Alfred Publishing Co.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Toglietemi la vita ancor
 (Sung text for setting by A. Scarlatti)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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.

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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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), published 1683
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 83