by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! Il duol infranga queste ritorte de' miei martiri sol per pietà.
Authorship:
- by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte", from opera Rinaldo [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Nathan Haskell Dole)
- ENG English [singable] (Harrison Millard)
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Laß mich mit Tränen mein Loos beklagen", first published 18-?
Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Maryanna Morthensen
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 22
Laß mich mit Tränen mein Loos beklagen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Laß mich mit Tränen mein Loos beklagen, Ketten zutragen, welch hartes Geschick! Ach, nur im Tode find' ich Erbarmen, er giebt mir Armen die Ruh' zurück.
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Laß mich mit Tränen mein Loos beklagen", first published 18-? [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 26