Lamento della Ninfa (Claudio Monteverdi) | The Mancunium Consort 

Monteverdi's 'Lamento della Ninfa' depicts the intense melancholy of a nymph, abandoned in her love. This outpouring of sorrow, sung here by Mezzo-Soprano Camilla Seale, is accompanied by a lower voice trio and continuo, performed by members of The Mancunium Consort and Theorbist Philip Turner.
🔊 - Oscar Farrell oscarfarrellmusic@gmail.com
🎥 - Eleanor Ridley Eleanorridley23@gmail.com
Camilla Seale Mezzo-Soprano - www.camillasea...
Website - www.themancuni...
Instagram - / themancuniumconsort
Facebook - www.facebook.c...
Twitter - / maconsort
Email - Mancuniumconsort@gmail.com
Translation:
O Love - she said,
Gazing at the sky, as she stood -
Where's the fidelity
That the deceiver promised? -
Poor her!
Make my love come back
As he used to be
Or kill me, so that
I will not suffer anymore. -
Poor her! She cannot bear
All this coldness!
I don't want him to sigh any longer
But if he's far from me.
No! He will not make me suffer
Anymore, I swear!
He's proud
Because I languish for him.
Perhaps if I fly away from him
He will come to pray to me again.
If her eyes are more serene
Than mine,
O Love, she does not hold in her heart
A fidelity so pure as mine.
And you will not receive from those lips
Kisses as sweet as mine,
Nor softer. Oh, don't speak!
Don't speak! you know better than that! -
lyricstranslat...