Lasciatemi morire! 65 No longer let me languish Canto from the opera “Ariana” Claudio Monteverdi English version by Dr. Theodore Baker (567-1062) Lento ip datente Voice oe ‘i La-seia - te-mi mo- ri - ret la - seia - te - No long - er let me _— lan - guish! no long - er = & Piano Pp dolente i = = Pp Sa 7 = mo- ri + Tet E che vo- le me lan - guish! What dost thou fan oS 2 ye 8 # che mi con - can stay one piit crese. — for - to in co-si du-ra sor-te, in eo-si_ gran mar - tire? La- moment So de-spair-ful a tor-ment, Soun-re-lent. - ing_ an-guish? No ee ree —— PP vit—— : v 2 == S35 = - ; Z mo -ri - re, la-scia- te - mi mo-ri = Tet me lan-guish! no longer let me Tan — guish! = Pf FASE Eps = Copyright, 1894, by @. Schirmer, Ine. Copyright renewed, 1922, by Theodore Baker ais75