L'angue offeso mai riposa (Handel) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

L'angue offeso mai riposa from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor

L'angue offeso mai riposa,
se il veleno pria non spande
dentro il sangue all'offensor.
Così l'alma mia non osa
di mostrarsi altera e grande,
se non svelle l'empio cor.

TRANSLATION (by Martin Friedman):
Th wounded Asp can never rest
Until in his Tormentor's Breast
And Blood His Poison spreads.

Just so my proud and noble Soul
Can never show itself until
The wicked Heart lies dead.

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