The cruel commands of fate (Haym, 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 Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

L'empio rigor del fato

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

L'empio rigor del fato
vile non potrà farmi,
se misera mi fè;

E tu, crudo tiranno,
in van tenti placarmi,
se m'hai legato il piè.

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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "L'empio rigor del fato", HWV 19 (1725), first performed 1725, from the opera Rodelinda [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The cruel commands of fate", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

The cruel commands of fate

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The cruel commands of fate
cannot make me a coward,
though they make me miserable.

And you, barbarous tyrant,
you who restrain my movements,
in vain do you seek to placate me.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 32