Bitter is my soul
now that it is leaving me --
for eternity.
Bitter is mijn ziel	Bitter ist meine
nu ze mij gaat verlaten --	Seele, sie verlässt mich bald --
voor het eeuwige.	für die Ewigkeit.

Poem S2714
Amsterdam, 2025-06-12
Sour Drops (Nicola F. Haym / Georg Friedrich Händel) - 1728
Air "Stille amare" (based on the libretto of the opera "Tolomeo et Alessandro" [1711, Carolo S. Capece, music Domenico Scarlatti], music Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV25), from the opera "Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto" ("Ptolemy, King of Egypt"), 3rd act - Pharao Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Collection: Over
Keywords: Death: dying, Soul 
Tribute to: Rossi, Giacomo; Capece, Carolo S. 
Composer: Handel, Georg Friedrich 

Let me weep and sigh,
I really need to be free --
to win him over.
Laat me toch zuchten,	Lass mich doch seufzen,
ik wil de vrijheid om hem --	ich möchte frei sein, ihn für --
voor me te winnen.	mich zu gewinnen.

Poem S2717
Amsterdam, 2025-06-14
Let me, that I weep (Giacomo Rossi / Georg Friedrich Händel) - 1711
Air "Lascia ch'io pianga", from the opera "Rinaldo" (HWV7), 2nd act - Almirena
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keyword: Love: wish (expressed) 
Tribute to: Rossi, Giacomo 
Composer: Handel, Georg Friedrich