The world's most beautiful music: Handel's Lascia ch'io pianga

I'm using this aria as a "set piece" in my novel, a catalyst for a change in the relationship between my two main characters. And as this evening will be when I write the scene where this aria takes the main focus, I thought it appropriate to feature in my blog today.

One of the most beautiful and moving pieces ever composed, it is as much loved today as it was in the time of Mozart.

Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long,
and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!


The duel infringes
these images
of my sufferings
I pray for mercy.
for my sufferances.
I pray for mercy.


Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long,
and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!