Tornami a vagheggiar

from the opera Alcina

 

Turn me to fond desire,

You alone, doth I wish to love

This faithful soul,

My good dear one.

 

I’ve already given you my heart;

Faithful will be my love,

Never will I be cruel to you,

My dear hoped for one.

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​Enfant une foule importune

from the opera L'amont anonyme (The Anonymous Lover)

 

At last, the important crowd leaves me in peace.

What a state I'm in!

My cruel misfortune is now complete

I dare not enter to the bottom of my heart

I'm afraid I'm going too deep

A secret so fateful

Alas, action! No more rest for me.

I have no hope left

Ah! At least if the insider were to grant me ills

A tender pity

The shared pain becomes lighter

But my soul refuses to open to Valcor.

Valcor, whose friendship was always so dear to me

His cold heart, his severe mood

Love's torments can't sympathize.

 

Love, become favorable to me or suspend (at least) your rigor!

By the cruelest torment, cease to tear my heart!

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Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt 

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Only those who know longing
Know what I suffer!
 

Alone and cut off
From every joy,
I search the sky
In that direction.
Ah! he who loves and knows me
Is far away.
 

My head reels,
My body blazes.
 

Only those who know longing
Know what I suffer!