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09/23/2024
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Cruda sorte!
Isabella's aria from the opera L'Italiana in Algeri (contralto)
Text by Angelo Anelli (1761–1820)
Set by Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)

Isabella
Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!
   
Cruel fate! Love tyrannical!

Questo è il premio di mia fé:


      
This is the reward for my fidelity?

Non v'è orror, terror, né affanno


     
Not there-is horror, terror, nor anxiety
(There is no greater horror or anxiety)

pari a quel ch'io provo in me.


      
compared with that which-I feel in me.

Per te solo, o mio Lindoro,


     
For you alone, oh my Lindoro,

io mi trovo in tal periglio.


     o
I myself find in such peril.

Da chi spero, oh Dio, consiglio?


     
From whom can-I-hope-for, oh God, advise?
(Oh God, from whom can I hope for advice?)

Chi conforto mi darà?


   
Who comfort me will-give?
(Who will comfort me?)

Chorus
È un boccon per Mustafà.
    
She-is a morsel for-the Mustafà.

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Isabella
Qua ci vuol disinvoltura, non più smanie, né paura;
        
Here we need cool-headedness, no more rages, nor fear:

Di coraggio è tempo adesso, or chi sono si vedrà.


         
for courage it-is time now; now who I-am they will-see.
(it is now time to be brave; now they will see who I am.)

Già so per pratica qual sia l'effetto


      
Already I-know from experience what is the-effect

d'un sguardo languido, d'un sospiretto...


    
of-a glance languishing, of-a little-sigh...
(of a languishing look, a little sigh...)

so a domar gli uomini come si fa, sì!


       
I-know to tame [the] men how it is-done, yes!

Sien 1 dolci o ruvidi, sien flemma o foco,


       
Be-they gentle or coarse, be-they calm or ardent,

son tutti simili a' presso a poco...


      
they-are all alike (or very – nearly...)

Tutti la chiedono, tutti la bramano


     
All it they-ask-for, all it they-desire
(All that they ask for, all that they desire)

da vaga femmina felicità.


   
with-a pretty woman happiness.
(is happiness with a pretty woman.)

(Literal translation and IPA transcription © 2021 by Bard Suverkrop—IPA Source, LLC)

1
sien is an archaic form of sian which is also found as an alternate spelling in some sources.

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