Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la libertà.
Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de' miei martiri sol per pietà.
(Let me weep over my cruel fate, and tahat I may sigh for freedom.
Let my sadness shatter these chains of my suffering, if only out of pity.)
Handel, Alminera's aria from Rinaldo, Act II.
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