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in pegno dei miei detti ecco la mano;<br />
saprà Asteria spiacer a un Tamerlano.<br />
La cervetta timidetta<br />
corre al fonte, al colle, al monte,<br />
trova alfine il suo diletto,<br />
l’accarezza, si consola.<br />
Cerchi Irene il suo diletto,<br />
ah! il suo ingrato<br />
sposo amato il mio cor no, non gl’invola.<br />
Here is my hand as a pledge of my words:<br />
Asteria will find a way to make Tamerlane reject her.<br />
The timid little deer<br />
runs to the stream, to the hill, to the mountain,<br />
and when at last she finds her beloved,<br />
she caresses him and is comforted.<br />
Let Irene seek her beloved:<br />
ah, it won’t be my heart<br />
that steals away her ungrateful, beloved husband!<br />
SCENA 6 SCENE 6<br />
IRENE<br />
Gran cose espone Asteria.<br />
IDASPE<br />
Ond’è che al certo maggiori ne ha il pensier.<br />
IRENE<br />
Alla tua fede mi raccomando, Idaspe.<br />
IDASPE<br />
Così servo al monarca e a Irene insieme<br />
IRENE<br />
Non si perda di vista qquesta schiava nemica e<br />
risoluta.<br />
IDASPE<br />
Cauto de’passi suoi seguirò l’orme.<br />
IRENE<br />
Felice me, se il soglio,<br />
che ragione o beltà si mal difende,<br />
gratitudine almen oggi mi rende.<br />
Sposa, son disprezzata.<br />
Fida, son oltraggiata.<br />
Cieli, che feci mai?<br />
E pure egl’è il mio cor,<br />
il mio sposo, il mio amor, la mia speranza.<br />
L’amo, ma egl’è infedel,<br />
spero, ma egl’è crudel.<br />
Morir mi lascerai?<br />
O Dio! Manca il valor e la costanza.<br />
IRENE<br />
Asteria has revealed important matters.<br />
IDASPE<br />
Which means that she surely has even greater ones in mind.<br />
IRENE<br />
I’m putting my trust in you, Idaspe.<br />
IDASPE<br />
Thus, I am helping both the monarch and Irene.<br />
IRENE<br />
Don’t lose sight of this determined enemy slave.<br />
IDASPE<br />
I will follow her cautiously.<br />
IRENE<br />
Neither reason nor beauty have been any use<br />
in defending the throne; I would be happy<br />
if at least it repaid me with gratitude today<br />
As a bride, I am despised.<br />
My faithfulness is abused.<br />
What have I done to earn this, O heaven?<br />
And yet he is my heart,<br />
my bridegroom, my beloved, my hope.<br />
I love him, but he is unfaithful.<br />
I hope, but he is cruel.<br />
Shall I give myself to Death?<br />
O God! I don’t have the courage or the resolve.<br />
SCENA 7 SCENE 7<br />
BAJAZET<br />
Dov’è mia figlia, Andronico?<br />
BAJAZET<br />
Where is my daughter, Andronicus?<br />
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