Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 - Angelika ... - Abeille Musique

In vil mercato passo venduta In base trading I am sold
e rivenduta And resold
col nuovo sol, Each new day.
chi non si cura di mia bellezza, One ignores my beauty,
chi l’accarezza, Another cherishes it,
chi sua la vuol. And wants it for his own.
Finché per ultimo forse in un serto Until at last, in a crown
di spin conserta Of thorns,
io brillerò, I shall perhaps shine,
e come lagrima pendula al ciglio, And like an eye’s quivering tear
il duol d’esiglio Reveal
accuserò. The pangs of exile.
THÉRÈSE VON HOHENLOHE-WALDENBURG (1817–1895)
bt Der du von dem Himmel bist You who come from heaven
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English translations by RICHARD STOKES, author of The Book of Lieder
(Faber and Faber, 2005), with thanks to George Bird, co-author of
The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976)
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