Mi lagnerò tacendo (Handel) Sunhae Im

Mi lagnerò tacendo from the opera Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Sunhae Im, soprano
Cappella Coloniensis
Andreas Spering, conductor

Mi lagnerò tacendo
Del mio destino avaro,
Mà ch'io non t'ami, o caro,
Non lo sperar da me, nò.

Crudele! In che t'offende,
Se resta a questo petoo
Il misero diletto
Di sospirar per te.

TRANSLATION (by Charles Johnston):
In silence I shall bemoan
My miserly destiny,
But that I should not love you, my dearest,
Do not expect that of me, no.

Cruel man! How do I offend you
If there remains for this breast
The paltry pleasure
Of sighing for you?

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Art in the video:
[0:40] Jade Necklace for an Eastern Princess by William Clarke Wontner (1857–1930)
[1:34] Almina, Daughter of Asher Wertheimer by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
[2:33] Beautiful young girl with turban by Jan Adam Kruseman (1804–1862)
[3:36] Lady in Persian Dress by Frederick Richard Pickersgill (1820–1900)
[4:21] Persian Sibyl by Guercino (1591–1666)
[5:32] A Beauty in Eastern Costume by William Clarke Wontner (1857–1930)