| Queste pungenti spine
| These prickly thorns
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| Che ne’boschi d’abisso
| What about the woods of the abyss
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| Nodrite ed allevate
| Nodrite and bred
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| Affliggono, trafiggono
| They afflict, they pierce
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| O crudeltade
| O cruelty
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| O crudeltade
| O cruelty
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| Il mio Signor e Dio
| My Lord and God
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| Son saete divine
| Son saete divine
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| Che col foco del cielo
| Than with the fire of the sky
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| Addolcite e temprate
| Softened and tempered
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| Allettano, dilettano
| They allure, they delight
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| O, gran pietade
| Or, great pietade
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| Il cor divoto, divoto e pio
| The devout, devout and pious heart
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| E tu, anima mia
| And you, my soul
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| Non sai che sia dolore
| You don't know it's pain
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| Ancor non senti amore?
| Don't you still feel love?
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| Non sai che sia dolore
| You don't know it's pain
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| Ancor non senti amore?
| Don't you still feel love?
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| Stolta che fai?
| You foolish what are you doing?
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| Che pensi?
| What do you think?
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| Il tuo Giesù tradito
| Your betrayed Jesus
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| Il tuo Giesù piagato
| Your wounded Jesus
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| Si lacera, si macera
| It tears, it macerates
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| Ohimè, che stato
| Oh dear, what a state
|
| Ohimè, che stato
| Oh dear, what a state
|
| Solo per darti vita
| Just to give you life
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| E tu ingrata
| And you ungrateful
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| I sensi ogn’hor
| The senses every hour
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| Più cruda induri
| More raw harden
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| Sei di cor si spietato
| You are ruthless at heart
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| Si rigido, si frigido
| Yes stiff, yes frigid
|
| O stelle, o fato
| Or stars, or fate
|
| Che non procuri aita?
| What do you not get aita?
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| O aita
| O aita
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| Ben veggio, anima mia
| Well see, my soul
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| Non sai che sia dolore
| You don't know it's pain
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| Ancor non senti amore
| You still don't feel love
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| Non sai che sia dolore
| You don't know it's pain
|
| Ancor non senti amore
| You still don't feel love
|
| These stinging thorns
| These stinging thorns
|
| That in woods of the abyss
| That in woods of the abyss
|
| Couped and talled
| Couped and talled
|
| Afflict, aggrieve
| Afflict, aggrieve
|
| Oh cruelty
| Oh cruelty
|
| Oh cruelty
| Oh cruelty
|
| My Lord and my God
| My Lord and my God
|
| They are divine arrows
| They are divine arrows
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| That, through heaven’s fire
| That, through heaven's fire
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| Appease and temper
| Appease and temper
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| Persuade, delight
| Persuades, delight
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| Oh great devotion
| Oh great devotion
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| The faithful and pious heart
| The faithful and pious heart
|
| And you, my soul
| And you, my soul
|
| You don’t know but pain
| You don't know but pain
|
| Still don’t feel love?
| Still don't feel love?
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| You don’t know but pain
| You don't know but pain
|
| Still don’t feel love?
| Still don't feel love?
|
| You make a fool of yourself
| You make a fool of yourself
|
| What are you thinking?
| What are you thinking?
|
| Your Jesus betrayed
| Your Jesus betrayed
|
| Your Jesus wounded
| Your Jesus wounded
|
| Lacerates, torments himself
| Lacerates, torments himself
|
| Oh, how bad is his condition
| Oh, how bad is his condition
|
| Oh, how bad is his condition
| Oh, how bad is his condition
|
| Just to give you life
| Just to give you life
|
| And you, ungrateful
| And you, ungrateful
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| Your feelings every hour
| Your feelings every hour
|
| You, unrelenting, harden them
| You, unrelenting, harden them
|
| Is your heart so ruthless
| Is your heart so ruthless
|
| So rigid, so cold
| So rigid, so cold
|
| Oh stars, oh fate
| Oh stars, oh fairies
|
| That you are not seeking help?
| That you are not seeking help?
|
| Oh help
| Oh help
|
| Now I see, my soul
| Now I see, my soul
|
| That you don’t know but pain
| That you don't know but pain
|
| Still don’t feel love
| Still don't feel love
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| That you don’t know but pain
| That you don't know but pain
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| Still don’t feel love | Still don't feel love |