English translation of Ah rammenta o bella Irene

by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah rammenta o bella Irene"

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Ah rammenta, o bella Irene,
  Che giurasti a me costanza;
  Ah ritorna, amato bene,
  Ah ritorna al primo amor,
Qual conforto, oh Dio, m'avanza?
  Chi sarà la mia speranza?
  Per chi viver più degg' io,
  Se più mio non è quel cor?

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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio. Poeta e Bibliotecario Cesareo, Tomo Sesto. Londra, 1774, pages 352-353.


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Chi mai di questo core
  Saprà le vie secrete,
  Se voi non le sapete,
  Begl'occhi del mio ben?
Voi che dal primo istante,
  Quando divenni amante,
  Il mio nascosto foco
  Mi conosceste in sen.

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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio. Poeta e Bibliotecario Cesareo, Tomo Sesto. Londra, 1774, pages 351-352.


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Author(s): Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782)
Ah! remember, lovely Irene,
That you have sworn to be faithful to me.
Ah! return, my love,
Ah! return to your first love,
What comfort, oh! God, is left for me,
What hope shall I have?
For whom do I have to stay alive,
If that heart is no longer mine?

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Who shall ever know
The secret ways of this heart,
If you do not know them,
Beautiful eyes of my love?
You, who from the first moment,
When I became your lover,
Knew the fire hidden
In my heart?

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Translation of title "Chi mai di questo core" = "Who shall ever know"


Translation © by Luk Laerenbergh