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​Lascia Ch'io Pianga

from the opera Rinaldo

Text: G. Rossi
Music: G.F. Handel, 1685 - 1759



Lascia ch'io pianga mia crude sorte, 
E che sospiri la libertà! 
E che sospiri, e che sospiri la liberta! 
Lascia ch'io pianga mia crude sorte, 
E che sospiri la libertà! 

Il duolo in franga queste ritorte 
De miei martiri sol per pietà 
Ah, si, de miei martiri sol per pietà! 

Lascia ch'io pianga mia crude sorte, 
E che sospiri la libertà! 
E che sospiri, e che sospiri la liberta! 
Lascia ch'io pianga mia crude sorte, 
E che sospiri la libertà!



Translation

Let me weep over my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long, and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!

The duel infringes these images
Of my sufferings I pray for mercy.
ah yes, of my sufferings I pray for mercy.

Let me weep over my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long, and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!

   









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