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English Translation

O stop wounding me

O stop wounding me,
o leave me to die!
eyes so ungrateful,
merciless,
more than ice and more than marble
cold and deaf to my sufferings!
More than a snake, more than an asp,
cruel and unhearing to my sighs,
eyes so proud,
unseeing and ferocious,
you have power to make me well again,
and you enjoy my fainting.

O cessate di piagarmi

(Nicola Minato - text | Alessandro Scarlatti - music)

O cessate di piagarmi,
o lasciatemi morir!
Luci ingrate,
dispietate,
Più del gelo e più de' marmi
fredde e sorde a' miei martir.

Più d'un angue, più d'un aspe
crudi e sordi a' miei sospir,
[occhi alteri,
ciechi e fieri,]1
voi potete risanarmi,
e godete al mio languir