MI TRADI` QUELL’ALMA INGRATA (THAT UNGRATEFUL HEART DECEIVED ME)

Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata, Infelice, o Dio, mi fa. Ma tradita e abbandonata, Provo ancor per lui pietà. Quando sento il mio tormento, Di vendetta il cor favella, Ma se guardo il suo cimento, Palpitando il cor mi va.

That ungrateful soul deceived me, Lord, he’s made my life so grim. He abandoned me and he aggrieved me, Yet I still feel pity for him. When I hurt as if I’m dying, Then my heart speaks only vengeance, But when I see how hard he’s trying, I feel throbbing in my heart.

Translation © 2007 by Jacob Lubliner

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