Beautiful Italian aria written by Geminiano Giacomelli.
It is used in Vivaldi's pasticcio, Bajazet.
From Cecilia Bartoli's album "If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs"
Libretto
|
Italian |
Translation in English |
|---|---|
|
Sposa son disprezzata, fida son oltraggiata, |
I am a scorned wife, faithful, yet insulted. |
|
cieli che feci mai? |
Heaven's, what did I do? |
|
E pur egl'è il mio cor, il mio sposo, il mio amor, |
And yet he is my heart, my husband, my love, |
|
la mia speranza. |
my hope. |
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L'amo ma egl'è infedel, spero ma egl'è crudel, |
I love him, but he is unfaithful, I hope, but he is cruel, |
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morir mi lascierai? O Dio manca il valor |
will he let me die? O God, valor is missing - |
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valor e la costanza. |
valor and constancy. |
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