Récitatif
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mais c'est trop me livrer à ma douleur mortelle,
Un autre doit mourir pour elle,
Hâtons-nous de la secourir,
Pour sauver ce qu'il aime, un amant doit périr.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Recitative", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
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Recitative
Language: English  after the French (Français)
But it is too much to free me from my mortal pain.
Another must die for her.
Let us hasten to help her;
a lover must perish to save the one he loves.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 33