Quel ribelle, e quell'ingrato
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Respira alfin, respira,
o cor di Mitridate. Il più crudele
de' tuoi timori ecco svanì. Quel figlio
sì caro a te fido ritrovi, e in lui
non ti vedrai costretto
a punire un rival troppo diletto.
M'offenda pur Farnace:
egli non offre al mio furor geloso,
che un odiato figlio, a me nemico,
e de' Romani ammiratore antico.
Ah se mai l'ama Aspasia,
se un affetto ei mi toglie a me dovuto,
non speri il traditor da me perdono:
per lui mi scordo già che padre io sono.
Aria:
Quel ribelle, e quell'ingrato
vuò che al piè mi cada esangue,
e saprò nell'empio sangue
più d'un fallo vendicar.
Non è figlio un traditore
congiurato a' danni miei,
che la sposa al genitore
fin s'avanza a contrastar.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I want that rebellious ingrate", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I want that rebellious ingrate
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Breathe at last,
o heart of Mithridates.
The cruelest of your fears has dissipated.
You have found your dearest son to be loyal,
and you are not compelled to punish in him
a too deeply loved rival.
As for Pharnaces,
to my jealous fury he presents himself
as a hated son, my enemy,
and a long-time admirer of Rome.
If Aspasia should love him,
if he takes away the affection she owes me,
that traitor may expect no pardon from me.
Because of him, I have already forgotten that I am a father.
Aria:
I want that rebellious ingrate
to fall bleeding and lifeless at my feet.
I shall avenge more than one offense
in his wicked blood.
No son is he who would
conspire to bring about my ruin.
Indeed, he even drives his father's consort
to cross and defy him.
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