Cappella Mediterranea - Arie a voce sola, Op.8 - Che si puo fare (Barbara Strozzi, 1664), soprano - Mariana Flores | Текст песни

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• Arie a voce sola, Op.8 - Che si puo fare (Barbara Strozzi, 1664), soprano - Mariana Flores

What can one do
if the rebel stars
have no pity;
what can be done
if heaven has
no peaceful influence
to soothe my sorrows;
what can one say
from the stars disasters
rain upon me at all hours;
what can be said
if perfidious love
denies the slightest repose
to my martyrdom;
what can be said?
That is how it goes with perverse destiny,
that condemns the innocent,
so too constancy that most trusted gold
and, oh, it nonetheless need be
purified at every hour
by the flames of my sorrows.
Yes, yes I should suffer,
yes, yes, from my sighs
I should hold back my breath.
In bitter misfortunes so as to prolong
my being, the heavens deny me my destiny,
that my life's course
should lead to death.
Cursed spirits,
you do rejoice indeed,
when each of the perverse furies
has as its only goal
the torment of my soul.
If the furies of Dis
were to vanish,
you would spend your days
in the eternal Elysia,
while I perish in the underworld.
So it happens to him who must
follow the example of the blind man:
in the end he falls to the ground.