Lyrics of Provenzale: La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh rendetemi ombre care" - Ian Bostridge

Provenzale: La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh rendetemi ombre care" (original)

Deh, rendetemi ombre care
Il mio ben che mi rapiste.
O bellezze uniche e rare,
Ahi da me come spariste.
Rispondetemi larve cortesi
Chi l’estinta mia mi rubò?
Deh, qual Nume ch’io forse offesi
Dai miei lumi l’involò.
Deh, rendetemi ombre care
Il mio ben che mi rapiste.
O bellezze uniche e rare,
Ahi da me come spariste.

(translation)

Oh, make me dear shadows
My good that you kidnap me.
O unique and rare beauties,
Ouch from me how you disappeared.
Answer me gracious larvae
Who stole my extinct from me?
Oh, what a Nume that I perhaps offended
He flew it from my lights.
Oh, make me dear shadows
My good that you kidnap me.
O unique and rare beauties,
Ouch from me how you disappeared.