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