Anima mia, perdona
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
[E tu, Mirtillo,]1 anima mia, perdona
a chi t'è cruda sol dove pietosa
esser non può; perdona a questa, solo
nei detti e nel sembiante
rigida tua nemica, ma nel core
pietosissima amante;
e, se pur hai desio di vendicarti,
deh! qual vendetta aver puoi tu maggiore
del tuo proprio dolore?
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mon âme, pardonne", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 9
Word count: 51
Mon âme, pardonne
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Mon âme, pardonne
à celle qui est pour toi un soleil cruel et tendre
ne peut être ; pardonne à celle qui seulement
en paroles et en apparence
est ton ennemie inflexible, mais qui dans son cœur
est une amante pleine de tendresse ;
et si tu as encore le désir de te venger,
ah, quelle vengeance peux-tu avoir qui soit plus grande
que ta propre douleur ?
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), from the play Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 4, lines 539-547.
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 68