Languisco e moro by Carlos Gesualdo
 

Languisco e moro, ahi, cruda!
(I languish and die—with such cruelty!)

Ma tu, fera cagion de la mia sorte
(But you cause my injury, my fate)

Deh, per pietà, consola si dolorosa morte
(Ah, have mercy, save me from this painful death)

d’una lagrima sola, onde dica per fin del mio languire
(as I cry alone, say just once that you’ll end my anguish)

‘or che pietosa sei dolce e’l morire
(Now that you show mercy, it is sweet to find release.)

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