Lamento della Ninfa

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Spanish Empire 1567-1643 Venice, Republic of Venice)
(Montserrat Figueras, Lambert Climent, Francesc Garrigosa, Daniele Carnovich)
Lamento della Ninfa (Lament of the Nymph), SV 163 - c.1638
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTxQUgROpCg

Libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini (Florence, Republic of Florence 1563-1621 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany)

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Amor                                Love

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Dicea                               She says

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Amor                                Love

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Il ciel mirando,                    Gazing at the sky,
il piè fermo                        as she stood

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Amor, Amor                          Love, Love
Dove, dov’è la fè                   Where, where is the fidelity
Ch’el traditor,                     That the deceiver,
Ch’el traditor giurò?               That the deceiver promised?

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Fa che ritorni il mio Amor          Make my love come back
Com’ei pur fu,                      As it once was,
O tu m’ancidi,                      Or kill me,
Ch’io non mi tormenti più.          So that I am tormented no more.

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Non mi tormenti                     Don't torment me

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Non mi tormenti                     Don't torment me

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella,                          Miserable one
Più, no, no                         No more, no, no
Tanto gel soffrir non può.          She cannot suffer so much cold.

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Non mi tormenti più,                Torment me no more,
Non vo’ più ch’ei sospiri           I don't want him to sigh anymore
se lontan da me,                    But if he’s far from me,

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Ah miserella                        Ah miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
No, no che i martiri                No! He will not make me suffer
Più non dirammi affè.               Anymore, I swear!

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Ah miserella, più, no, no           Ah miserable one, no more, no, no

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Perché di lui mi struggo,           Because I languish for him,
Tutt’orgoglioso sta,                He is very proud,
Che sí, che sí se’l fuggo           Perhaps if I fly away from him
Ancor mi pregherà?                  He will come to beg to me again?

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella, miserella                Miserable one, miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Se ciglio ha più sereno colei,      If has she more serene eyes,
Colei,                              She,
Colei,                              She,
Che’l mio non è,                    Than mine,
Già non rinchiude in seno,          She does not hold in her heart,
Amor, sí bella fè.                  O love, a fidelity so pure as mine

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella,                          Miserable one
Ah più, no, no                      Ah no more, no, no
Tanto gel soffrir non può.          She cannot suffer so much cold.

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Ne mai sí dolci baci,               Never such sweet kisses
Mai,                                Never,
Mai,                                Never,

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Da quella bocca havrai,             From those lips you will receive,

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Ne più soavi,                       Nor more tender,
Ah taci,                            Oh, don’t speak,
Taci,                               Hush,
Taci,                               Hush,

Pastori:                            Shepherds:
Miserella                           Miserable one

Ninfa:                              Nymph:
Taci, che troppo il sai.            Don't speak, you know better than that.