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Tradimento

by Barbara Strozzi, arr. Werner

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Tradimento
Italian source: Giorgio Tani

Tradimento, tradimento!
Amore e la speranza
Voglion farmi prigioniero,
E a tal segno il mal s'avanza,
Ch'ho scoperto ch'il pensiero
Dice d'esserne contento.
Tradimento, tradimento!
La speranza per legarmi,
A gran cose mi lusinga,
S'io le credo avvien che stringa
Lacci sol da incatenarmi.
Mio core all'armi,
S'incontri l'infida,
Si prenda, s'uccida,
Su presto, su presto!
E periglioso ogni momento.
Tradimento, tradimento!

Betrayal
English translation © Candace A Magner

Betrayal! Treason!
Love and Hope
want to make me a prisoner
and my sickness is so advanced
that I have discovered that I am happy
just thinking of it.
Betrayal!
Hope, in order to bind me,
entices me with great things.
The more I believe what she says
the tighter she ties the laces that enchain me.
My heart, take arms
against the treacherous one!
Take her and kill her,
hurry, hurry!
Every moment is dangerous.
Betrayal!


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Tradimento
Italian source: Giorgio Tani

Betrayal
English source: Candace A Magner

Tradimento, tradimento!
Betrayal! Treason!
Amore e la speranza
Love and Hope
Voglion farmi prigioniero,
want to make me a prisoner
E a tal segno il mal s'avanza,
and my sickness is so advanced
Ch'ho scoperto ch'il pensiero
that I have discovered that I am happy
Dice d'esserne contento.
just thinking of it.
Tradimento, tradimento!
Betrayal!
La speranza per legarmi,
Hope, in order to bind me,
A gran cose mi lusinga,
entices me with great things.
S'io le credo avvien che stringa
The more I believe what she says
Lacci sol da incatenarmi.
the tighter she ties the laces that enchain me.
Mio core all'armi,
My heart, take arms
S'incontri l'infida,
against the treacherous one!
Si prenda, s'uccida,
Take her and kill her,
Su presto, su presto!
hurry, hurry!
E periglioso ogni momento.
Every moment is dangerous.
Tradimento, tradimento!
Betrayal!

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