My lord, not even Tisiphone | My lord, not even Tisiphone

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Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Orrida a gl'occhi miei

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Orrida a gl'occhi miei,  
quanto, signor, tu sei
Tesifone non è.

Amor, di noi per gioco,
il core a te di foco
di gelo fece a me.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Orrida a gl'occhi miei", HWV 33 no. 2, from opera Ariodante, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My lord, not even Tisiphone", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

My lord, not even Tisiphone

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

My lord, not even Tisiphone
can hold a candle to you;
your visage is so horrid to my sight!

Cupid, for our amusement, has seen fit
to make your heart of fire,
and mine of ice.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 36