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B.D. che dice al'amante, speranze vane
* B[ella] D[onna] che dice al'amante, speranze vane
Original Language: Italian
Vane le mie speranze?
Che più sentir si può da. bocca infida?
Infelice quel cor ch' in te si fida
che con voci inumane
mi dicesti, crudel: "Speranze vane!"
Lugubri rimembranze!
Vane le mie speranze!
Troppo vana speranza
prestar fede a colei ch'ad altri ha il guardo,
né val dirgli: "Crudel, sol per te ardo."
La speranza è fallace
e il tuo amor sempre fu meco mendace.
Lugubri rimembranze!
Vane le mie speranze!
Attendi a chi t'inganna,
che ti lascio per l'ultimo adio.
Scaccerà vecchio amor novo desio:
tu con voci inumane
mi dicesti, crudel: "Speranze vane!"
Lugubri rimembranze!
Vane le mie speranze!
English
Beautiful Lady Who Tells Her Lover, "Vain Hopes"
My hopes are in vain?
What else can one hear from a faithless mouth?
Unhappy is the heart that trusts in you.
You told me with hard-hearted tones,
cruel one: "Your hopes are vain."
Sorrowful memories,
my hopes are in vain.
Too vain hope,
trusting in one who has eyes for another;
it's useless to say: "Cruel one, I burn for you."
The hope is false
and your love was always deceitful with me.
Sorrowful memories,
my hopes are in vain.
Cherish one who betrays you,
for I'm leaving you with a final good-bye.
A new desire will drive out my old love.
With hard-hearted tones,
You told me, cruel one: "Your hopes are vain."
Sorrowful memories,
my hopes are in vain.
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B.D. Che Dice al'Amante, Speranze Vane
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