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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,]1 voi potete risanarmi, e godete al mio languir.
Note: A copyrighted translation is available in 26 Italian Songs and Arias, Alfred Publishing Co.
1 a manuscript of arias in Copenhagen gives "occhi attroci [sic, atroci] orgogliosi" according to Knud Jeppesen in La Flora, vol. 1.
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), "O cessate di piagarmi", 1683, from the opera [selections] Il Pompeo [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , title 1: "Pára de me ferir", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Ach hört auf, mich zu verwunden", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , title 1: "No more torture, no tormenting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Aline Perrin) , title 1: "Ou vous cessez de me blesser", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49
Sesto: Ou vous cessez de me blesser, ou vous me laissez mourir Yeux ingrats, impitoyables, Plus que le gel et plus que le marbre, Vous êtes froids et sourds à mon martyr. Plus qu'un serpent, plus qu'un aspe1 Insensibles et sourds à mes soupirs, Yeux hautains, aveugles et fiers, Vous pouvez me guérir et vous jouissez de ma langueur.
1 aspe = poisson carnivore; mais ça peut être aussi la vipère aspic
Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Aline Perrin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
This text was added to the website: 2013-12-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 59