My lord, not even Tisiphone (Anonymous, set by Georg Friedrich Händel) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Orrida a gl'occhi miei

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): 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.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Orrida a gl'occhi miei", HWV 33, from the opera Ariodante, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

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Text added to the website: 2018-05-11 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-08-14 21:01:39
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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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Text added to the website: 2018-05-16 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-05-16 21:15:44
Line count: 6
Word count: 36