Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 49, Accompagnato. Forbid It, Heav'n! – Recit. Ah! What Is Liberty - Robin Blaze/Susan Gritton/Gabrieli/Paul McCreesh

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Composed by：George Frideric Händel

Forbid it Heav'n

愿上天禁止

Shall I destroy the life I came to save

我岂能摧毁本欲拯救的生命

Shall I in Theodora's blood embrue

岂能让狄奥多拉的血玷污

My guilty hands and give her death who taught

我罪恶的双手 杀害那曾指引我

Me first to live Or say what right have I

初识生之真谛的人 我有何权利

To take what just reflection bids confess

夺取这良知昭示非我所属之物

Not at your own disposal Think it too

细想这亦是

No less a crime if thus inflexible

同等深重的罪孽 若执意如此

Your safety you refuse Time forbids more

你拒绝安全 时间已不容迟疑

Strait then resolve to gain your liberty

此刻决心争取你的自由

Preserve your honour and secure your life

捍卫你的荣誉 守护你的生命

Ah what is liberty or life to me

啊 自由与生命于我何意义

That Didymus must purchase with his own

若要以迪迪穆斯的牺牲换取

Fear not for me the pow'r that led me hither

莫为我担忧 那引我至此的力量

Will guard me hence If not his will be done

必将护我前行 若非天意如此

Yes kind deliverer I will trust that pow'r

是的仁慈的救主 我愿信靠这力量

To hear my pray'r for thee so lately heard

倾听我为你而作的祈祷

For Theodora who had ne'er exposed

为了从未背叛朋友的狄奥多拉

Her friend to shun a danger that concern'd

她不愿让挚友涉险

Only her life farewell thou generous youth

只为保全自己生命 永别了高尚的少年

Farewell thou mirror of the virgin state

永别了 这纯洁无瑕的明镜