Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo & Edward Downes - Luisa Miller: Act II: The Intrigue: Scene III: Oh! fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo & Edward Downes - Luisa Miller: Act II: The Intrigue: Scene III: Oh! fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido




Luisa Miller: Act II: The Intrigue: Scene III: Oh! fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido
Luisa Miller: Act II: The Intrigue: Scene III: Oh! fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido
Oh! fede negar potessi agl'occhi miei!
Oh! I could deny the faith of my own eyes!
Se cielo a terra, se mortali ad angeli
If heaven to earth, if mortals to angels
Attestarmi volesser ch'ella non è rea,
Would swear to me that she is not guilty,
Mentite! io responder dovrei, tutti mentite.
I should reply, 'You lie you all lie!'
Son cifre sue!
That is her writing!
Tanta perfidia! Un'alma nera! si mendace! Ben la conobbe ii padre!
Such perfidy! A heart so black! So deceitful! Her father knew her well!
Ma dunque i giuri, le speranze, la gioia,
But what then of her vows, her hopes, her joy,
Le lagrime, l'affanno?
Her tears and suffering?
Tutto è menzogna, tradimento, inganno!
All is falsehood, treachery and deceit!
Quando le sere al placido
When in the peaceful
Chiaror d'un ciel stellato
Light of a starlit sky
Meco figgea nell'etere
You gazing up with me into the heavens
Lo sguardo innamorato,
With eyes of love,
E questa mano stringermi
And I felt you squeeze
Dalla sua man sentia...
My hand in yours,
E questa mano stringermi
And I felt you squeeze
Dalla sua man sentia...
My hand in yours...
Ah! Ah! Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! Ah! Ah! You were betraying me!
Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! You were betraying me!
Allor, ch'io muto, estatico
When I, speechless and enraptured,
Da' labbri suoi pendea,
Hung on your lips,
Ed ella in suono angelico,
And you, with angelic tones,
"Amo, amo te sol" dicea,
Said, "I love, I love you alone,"
Tal che sembrò 1'empireo
So that it seemed that heaven itself
Aprirsi all'alma mia!
Opened to my soul!
In suono angelico,
With angelic tones,
"Amo te sol" dicea.
"I love you alone," you said.
Ah! Ah! Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! Ah! Ah! You were betraying me!
Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! You were betraying me!
Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! You were betraying me!
Mi tradia!
You were betraying me!
In suono angelico,
With angelic tones,
"T'amo" dicea.
"I love you," you said.
Ah! mi tradia!
Ah! You were betraying me!
Mi tradia!
You were betraying me!






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