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Quando mai, spietata sorte

by George Frederick Handel

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Quando mai, spietata sorte
Italian source: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Domenico Lalli and Matteo Norris

Zenobia:
Quando mai, spietata sorte,
Fine avrà tanto penar!

When, oh ruthless fate
English translation © Oxford Song

Zenobia:
When, oh ruthless fate,
Will this suffering ever end!

Quando mai, spietata sorte
Italian source: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Domenico Lalli and Matteo Norris

When, oh ruthless fate
English source: Oxford Song

Zenobia:
Zenobia:
Quando mai, spietata sorte,
When, oh ruthless fate,
Fine avrà tanto penar!
Will this suffering ever end!

Composer

George Frederick Handel

George Frederick Handel

Poet

Nicola Francesco Haym, after Domenico Lalli and Matteo Norris

Nicola Francesco Haym, after Domenico Lalli and Matteo Norris

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