Recitative | But it is too much to free me from my mortal pain

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by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Récitatif

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

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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.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) [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 Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764), "Récitatif" [soprano, string quartet, continuo], from Le berger fidèle, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Recitative", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Leslie McEwen

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 28

Recitative

Language: English after the French (Français)

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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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a text in French (Français) by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 33