What tho' his guilt my heart hath torn (Thomas Arne)
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- (Posted 2023-11-07) CPDL #77037:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 522 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition includes the original instrumental accompaniment.
- (Posted 2023-11-07) CPDL #77036:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 133 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition includes a keyboard reduction of the original instrumental accompaniment.
General Information
Title: What tho' his guilt my heart hath torn
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: Arthur Murphycreate page
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo, Flute
First published: 1759
Description: A song written for a production of The Desert Island (1759).
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Original text and translations
English text
What tho' his guilt my heart hath torn,
Yet lovely is his mien;
His eyes mild op'ning as the morn
Around each grace is seen.
But oh! Ye nymphs, your loves ne'er let him win,
For oh! Deceit and falsehood dwell within.
From his red lips his accents stole,
More soft than vernal snows;
They melting came, and in the soul
Desire and joy arose.
But oh! ye nymphs, ne'er listen to his art,
For oh! base falsehood rankles in his heart.
He left me in this lonely state;
He fled and left me here,
Another Ariadne's fate,
To mourn the live-long year:
He fled, but oh! what pains the heart must prove,
Revealing thus the crimes of him we love.