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Cantata BWV 203
Amore traditore
English Translation in Parallel Format
Cantata BWV 203 -
Treacherous Love

 
 

Original German Text

 

English Translation

1

Aria B

1

Aria [Bass]

 

Cembalo

   
 

Amore traditore,
Tu non m'inganni più.
Non voglio più catene,
Non voglio affanni, pene,
Cordoglio e servitù.

 

Treacherous love
you will not deceive me any more.
I no longer want chains,
I no longer want anxieties, pains,
heartache and slavery.

       

2

Recitativo B

2

Recitative [Bass]

 

Cembalo

   
 

Voglio provar,
Se posso sanar
L'anima mia dalla piaga fatale,
E viver si può senza il tuo strale;
Non sia più la speranza
Lusinga del dolore,
E la gioja nel mio core,
Più tuo scherzo sara nella mia costanza.

 

I want to try to see
if I can cure
my soul from the fatal wound,
and be able to live without your arrow.
Let hope no longer be
a flatterer of my grief
and the delight in my heart
will no more be a joke you make about my constancy.

       

3

Aria B

3

Aria [Bass]

 

Cembalo obligato

   
 

Chi in amore ha nemica la sorte,
È follia, se non lascia d'amar,
Sprezzi l'alma le crude ritorte,
Se non trova mercede al penar.

 

If someone has destiny for his enemy in love
it is madness, not to cease from loving.
His soul should despise the cruel bonds
if he does not find a reward for his suffering.

       

This Translation in Interlinear Format

English Translation by Francis Browne (August 2003)

Contributed by Francis Browne (August 2003)

Cantata BWV 203: Amore traditore for unspecified occasion [Secular cantata] (1718-1723?)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

BWV 203 Text: Italian-1 | Italian-6 | Italian-7
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-3 | Spanish-3

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