Lascia ch'io pianga  

-  讓我哭泣吧  -  Let Me Weep

節選自 亨德爾 歌劇     ☆     Rinaldo 里納爾多

這段故事 原自意大利詩人 塔叟 的名篇 

La Gerusalemme liberata 耶路撒冷易手

The story of Armida, a Saracen sorceress and Rinaldo, a soldier in the First Crusade, was created by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. In his epic Gerusalemme liberata, Rinaldo is a fierce and determined warrior who is also honorable and handsome. Armida has been sent to stop the Christians from completing their mission and is about to murder the sleeping soldier, but instead she falls in love. She creates an enchanted garden where she holds him a lovesick prisoner. Eventually two of his fellow Crusaders find him and hold a shield to his face, so he can see his image and remember who he is. Rinaldo barely can resist Armida’s pleadings, but his comrades insist that he return to his Christian duties.

Rinaldo and Armida

by Francois Boucher, 1734;

this painting gained Boucher entrance to the Academie (Louvre Museum)

Lyrics in Italian

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

Il duolo infranga
queste ritorte
de miei martiri
sol per pietà,
de miei martiri
sol per pietà.

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

 

English 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.
for my sufferances.
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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歌詞 中文

讓我痛哭吧
殘酷的命運
多麼盼望着
那自由來臨
我多麼盼望
我多麼盼望
那自由來臨

讓我痛哭吧
殘酷的命運
我多麼盼望
那自由來臨

讓我痛哭吧
殘酷的命運
多麼盼望着
那自由來臨
我多麼盼望
我多麼盼望
那自由來臨

讓我痛哭吧
殘酷的命運
我多麼盼望
那自由來臨

1. 莎拉·布萊特曼，2. 囡囡，3. 林亨柱，4. 希塞爾·凱爾凱伽波，5. 海莉·維斯騰拉 

Rinaldo (HWV 7) is an opera by George Frideric Handel 

composed in 1711.

It is the firstItalian language opera written specifically for the London stage.

The libretto was prepared by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided

by Aaron Hill. The work was first performed at the Queen's Theatre 

in London's Haymarket on 24 February 1711.

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