Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 10, Recit. I Know Thy Virtues - Paul Agnew/Gabrieli/Paul McCreesh
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Composed by:George Frideric Händel
I know thy virtues and ask not thy faith
我知晓你的美德 不强求你的信仰
Enjoy it as you will my Didymus
随你心意吧 我亲爱的狄迪莫斯
Though not a Christian for I worship still
虽非基督徒 我仍虔诚供奉
The Gods my fathers worship'd yet I own
祖先世代敬拜的神明 但我承认
Something within declares for acts of mercy
内心深处总为慈悲之事震颤
But Antioch's President must be obey'd
但安提阿总督必须令行禁止
Such is the Roman discipline while we
此乃罗马铁律 而我们
Can only pity whom we dare not spare
只能怜悯那些不敢宽恕之人