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Lagrime mie, à che vi trattenete? Perchè non isfogate il fier dolore che mi toglie 'l respiro e opprime il core? Lidia che tant'adoro, perch'un guardo pietoso, ahi, mo donò il paterno rigor l'impriggionò. Tra due mura rinchiusa sta la bella innocente dove giunger non può raggio di sole; e quel che più mi duole ed accresc'al mio mal tormenti e pene, è che per mia cagione provi male il mio bene. E voi, [lumi]1 dolenti, non piangete? Lagrime mie, à che vi trattenete? Lidia, ahimè, [veggo]2 mancarmi l'idol mio che tanto adoro; sta colei tra duri marmi, per cui spiro e pur non moro. Se la morte m'è gradita, hor che son privo di speme, deh, togliete mi la vita, ve ne prego, aspre mie pene. Ma ben m'accorgo che per tormentar mi maggiormente la sorte mi niega anco la morte. Se dunque è vero, o Dio, che sol del pianto mio il mio destino ha sete; lagrime mie, à che vi trattenete?
1 in some more modern sources, "luni"
2 in some more modern sources, "vedo"
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- by Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Lamento", op. 7 no. 4, published 1659 [voice and continuo], from the cantata Diporti di Euterpe, no. 4, Venice, Apresso Francesco Magni [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Complainte", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , title 1: "Lament", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Jennifer Gliere [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-23
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Word count: 164
Mes larmes, pourquoi vous retenez-vous ? Pourquoi n'exprimez-vous pas la douleur qui me coupe le souffle et oppresse mon cœur ? Lidia, que j'adore tant, parce que hélas, elle m'a donné un regard de pitié, la rigueur paternelle l'emprisonne. Enfermée entre deux murs se tient la belle innocente, là où aucun rayon de soleil ne peut arriver ; et ce qui me fait encore plus mal et ajoute à mon mal tourments et peines, c'est qu'à cause de moi ma bien-aimée éprouve des maux. Et vous, yeux affligés, vous ne pleurez pas ? Mes larmes, pourquoi vous retenez-vous ? Lidia, hélas, je vois que me manque l'idole que j'adore tant ; elle se tient entre des murs de marbre, elle pour qui je soupire et ne meurs pas. Si la mort est la bienvenue, maintenant que je suis privé d'espoir, oh, prenez-moi la vie, je vous en prie, mes dures peines. Mais je réalise bien que pour me tourmenter encore plus la destinée me refuse toujours la mort. Ainsi donc il est vrai, ô Dieu, que seulement de ma plainte le destin cruel a soif ; mes larmes, pourquoi vous retenez-vous ?
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Dolfino
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-23
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Word count: 192