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Lilla crudele
Original Language: Italian
Lilla mia non ti doler
Se disciolgo i lacci al core,
E s'il mio costante amore
Deve estinto alfin cader.
La tua gran crudeltà disciolse il laccio,
Son uscito fuor d'impaccio.
Canterò: "Libertà, quanto sei cara,
E ben dolce sei tu se Lilla è amara."
Lilla mia, tengo in pensier
Non voler soffrir più pene,
Ch'il star sempre tra catene
È da pazzo, a dirti il ver.
Lodo la crudeltà che sciolse il laccio,
E perché son fuor d'impaccio
Canterò: "Libertà, quanto sei cara,
E più dolce sei tu che Lilla amara."
English
Cruel Lilla
My Lilla, don't be sad
if I untie the bonds on my heart,
and if my constant love
must at last be extinguished.
Your great cruelty unties the bonds,
and I'm out of trouble.
I'll sing: "Freedom, how beloved you are,
and you’re sweet if Lilla is bitter."
My Lilla, my idea is
that I don't want to suffer more pain,
that to remain in chains
is crazy, to tell you the truth.
I bless the cruelty that unties the bond,
and since I'm out of trouble
I'll sing: "Freedom, how beloved you are,
and the more Lilla is bitter the sweeter you are."
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Lilla Crudele
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