Tillad mig at begræde

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by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

Translation © by Maryanna Morthensen

Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: DAN FIN

Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!

Il duol infranga queste ritorte
de' miei martiri 
sol per pietà.

Text Authorship:

by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte", from opera Rinaldo [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
ENG English [singable] (Harrison Millard)
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Laß mich mit Tränen mein Loos beklagen", first published 18-?

Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Maryanna Morthensen

This text was added to the website: 2005-09-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 22

Tillad mig at begræde

Language: Danish (Dansk) after the Italian (Italiano)

Tillad mig at begræde 
min grusomme skæbne,
og at sukke efter friheden!

Gid smerten må bryde
mine lidelsers lænker
af ren medlidenhed.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 22