Che più si tarda omai
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Recitativo
Che più si tarda omai,
oh neghittose labbra,
a dissetar con queste poche stille
che Elisa ti presenta,
l’empio furor della tua sorte irata ?
Si beva!
Accompagnato
Inumano fratel, barbara madre,
ingiusto Araspe, dispietata Elisa,
Numi, o furie del Ciel,
cielo nemico,
implacabile destin, tiranna sorte :
tutti v’invito
a gustare il piacer della mia morte.
Ma tu, consorte amata,
non pianger, no, mentre che lieto spiro ;
basta che ad incontrare l’anima mia,
quando uscirà dal sen, mandi un sospiro.
Aria di Tolomeo
Stille amare, già vi sento
Tutte in seno, la morte chiamar;
già vi sento smorzare il tormento
già vi sento tornarmi a bear.
Note provided by Laura Prichard for line 1: "omai" is an archaic, literary form of “oggi” [today/now] + mai [never/ever]
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After such a long time
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Recitativo
After such a long time,
oh neglected lips,
would you quench your thirst with those few drops
which Elisa would offer to you,
to quench your frenzied anger at your harsh fate?
Yes, drink!
Accompagnato
Inuman brother, barbaric mother,
unjust Araspe, pitiless Elisa,
Gods, furies of Heaven,
hostile sky,
implacable destiny, tyrannical fate:
I invite you all
to savor my death.
But you, beloved consort,
don’t cry, no, while I still joyfully breathe;
it’s enough for you to commune with my soul,
as it leaves my breast, with a sigh.
Aria
Bitter drops, I already sense you
Filling my breast, heralding my death;
I already sense you deadening my torment
I already sense you returning to cheer me.
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