Ombre pallide
[Recitativo]
Ah! Ruggiero crudel
Tu no mi amasti!
Ah! Che fingesti ancor
E m'ingannasti!
E pur ti adora ancor
E pur ti adora ancor fido mio core
Ah! Ruggiero crudel!
Ah! Ruggiero crudel!
Sei traditore!
Del pallido acheronte spiriti abitatori
E della notte ministri di vendetta
Cieche figlie crudeli, a me venite!
Secondate i miei voti
Perché Ruggiero amato
Non fugga da me ingrato
Ma ohimé! Misera!
E quale insolita tardanza?
Eh! Non m'udite?
Vi cerco
E vi ascondete?
Vi comando
E tacete?
Evvi inganno?
Evvi frode?
La mia verga fatal non ha possanza?
Vinta, delusa Alcina
E chе ti avanza?
[Aria]
[A section]
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno еrrate
E vi celate
D'intorno errate
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
Sorde da me
Perché?
Perché?
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
Sorde
Sorde
Sorde da me
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
D'intorno errate
Ombre
Perché?
Perché?
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
[B section]
Fugge il mio bene; voi lo fermate
Deh! Per pietate
Deh! Per pietate
Se in questa verga, ch’ora disprezzo
E voglio frangere, forza non è
Se in questa verga, ch’ora disprezzo
E voglio frangere, forza non è
[A section, da capo]
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
D'intorno errate
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
Sorde da me
Perché?
Perché?
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
Sorde
Sorde
Sorde da me
Ombre pallide
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
D'intorno errate
Ombre
Perché?
Perché?
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
Lo so, mi udite
D'intorno errate
E vi celate
E vi celate
Sorde da me
[Recitativo]
Ah! Cruel Ruggiero!
You did not love me!
Ah, to know that you pretended
And deceived me!
And yet my faithful heart
And yet my faithful heart still adores you
Ah! Cruel Ruggiero!
Ah! Cruel Ruggiero!
You are a traitor!
From the pale Acheron where the spirits dwell
And the night's ministers of vengeance
Blind, cruel daughters, come to me!
Follow my orders
So that my beloved Ruggiero
Will not ungratefully flee from mе
But oh alas! Woe is me!
Why the unusual dеlay?
Eh! Can you not hear me?
I seek you
And you hide?
I command you
And you remain silent?
Is this deception?
Is this fraud?
Does my deadly wand have no power?
Defeated, deceived Alcina
And what is left for you?
[Aria]
[A section]
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
All around, you swirl
All around, you swirl
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words
Deaf to my words
Why?
Why?
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
Deaf
Deaf
Deaf to my words
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
All around, you swirl
Shadows
Why?
Why?
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words
[B section]
My love escapes; you, stop him!
Oh, for pity's sake!
Oh, for pity's sake!
If in this rod, which I now despise
And I want to break, there is no power
If in this wand, which I now despise
And I want to break, there is no power
[A section, da capo]
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
All around, you swirl
All around, you swirl
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words
Deaf to my words
Why?
Why?
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
Deaf
Deaf
Deaf to my words
Pale shadows
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
All around, you swirl
Shadows
Why?
Why?
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words
I know you hear me
All around, you swirl
And hide
And hide
Deaf to my words