by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)
Translation Singable translation by Harrison Millard (1830 - 1895)
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
Here let my tears flow!
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Here let my tears flow! Let hope my soul know, My heart is longing for Liberty! Assuage the sorrow to chains belonging, O, grant tomorrow that I may be free.
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Authorship:
- Singable translation by Harrison Millard (1830 - 1895) [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: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 30