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Lascia ch'io pianga

Almirena's aria from the opera RinaldoText by Giacomo Rossi and Aaron Hill after Torquato Tasso's (1544-1595) Gerusalemme liberataSet by George F. Handel (1685-1759)

Recitative 1

Armida dispietata! Colla forza d'abisso

Armida crule! With-a force of-hell

rapimmi al caro ciel di miei contenti,

capture-me from-the dear heaven of my happiness,

e qui con duolo eterno viva mi tieni

and here in sadness eternal alive me holds

in tormentoso inferno.

in tormenting hell.

Signor! Ah! per pietà lasciami piangere.

Lord! Ah! out-of pity let-me cry.

AriaLascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,

Allow that-I weep-over my cruel fate,

e che sospiri la libertà.

and that I-may-sigh-for [the] freedom.

Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de' miei martiri,

(Let-my) sadness shatter these chains of my suffering,

sol per pietà.

(if)-only out-of pity.

(Literal translation and IPA transcription © by Bard Suverkrop—IPA Source, LLC)

1 Almirena's recitative to this aria is taken from a larger dialog with Artante.

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