Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 22, Recit. Deluded Mortal – Accompagnato. O Worse Than Death Indeed - Susan Gritton/Paul Agnew/Gabrieli/Paul McCreesh

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Composed by：George Frideric Händel

Deluded mortal

愚昧的凡人

Call it not rebellion

莫将此称为叛逆

That thus we persevere in spirit and truth

我们以灵魂与真理坚守信仰

To worship God it is his dread command

敬拜上帝是他威严的旨意

His whom we cannot dare not disobey

我们不敢也不能违抗的主

Though death be our reward

纵使死亡是我们的报偿

Death is not yet thy doom

死亡尚未是你的结局

But worse than death to such a virtuous mind

但对高尚灵魂而言 有比死亡更残酷的惩罚

Which Didymus wants eloquence to praise

哪位狄迪摩斯需要雄辩来颂扬

Lady these guards are order'd to convey you

夫人 这些守卫奉命将您押往

To the vile place a prostitute to whom

那卑劣之地 沦为娼妓的归宿

Valens thinks proper to devote your charms

瓦伦斯认为该将您的姿色献上

Oh worse than death indeed

啊 这比死亡更令人绝望

Lead me ye guards

带我走吧 守卫们

Lead me or to the rack or to the flames

带我去刑架 或引我赴火场

I'll thank your gracious mercy

我仍将感恩这份"仁慈"的犒赏