Misera, Dove Son - Mozart

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96 Misera, dove son! ... Ah! non son io che parlo (Where am I?.. . Not mine the voice complaining) K.369 Pietro Metastasio. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart English version by Lorraine Noel Finley Text from Act II, Scene 12 of #sio. Fulvia, an exile, grieves for her lost husband,and in despair implores Heaven to’ smite her with a thunderbolt. Scena Andante sostenuto Sf Ke. Fulvia Mi - se-ra, do-ve son! Lau - re del Te-bro son que- ste chiio re- ‘Where am I? Woe is me! Air of the Ti-ber, is that what I am —— pe Perle stra - de mag-gi- ro di Te -be,e d’Ar - go? Is it ThebeswhereI wander, with an-guishseething? _ SS Copyright © 1952 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York, NY International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. gre- che spon-de, di tra - ge - die fe - con- de, le 97 do - dis-tract-ed, Where a toll was ex - act - ed By the me - sti- che fu- rie ven - neroa que- sti li - di, pro - le del-la Fates, near the Gre-cian shores, Dark re-venge be - stow-ing On the off - spring Cad-mo, © degli A-tri- di? Cad-mus,theirlot unknow-ing? , f miem-pie dor-ro - ro, With hor-ror fill me; = = pe ae di of 98 pa-dre tra - di-to-re qua la col - pamag-ghiac-cia: here,the crimes of fa-ther turnedbe-tray - er now chill me, <> se fi F —_ @ lo spo-soin-no - cen - te ho semprein fac-cia. And my in- no-cent hus-band haunts me for - ev-er. spi- ro? Ah no! breath-ing? Ah, no! fay IG Aria Andante sostenuto Ah! non son io che par-lo, Not mine thevoice complain- ing, —— P che Caus - ah! Not __ non son io che par - 10, mine the voice complain - ing, 2 il bar - ba-ro do- but on - ly woe-ful ba-ro do - lo - re, ly woe-ful sad- ness, mi di - vi-deil jing my heart its 0. mad 100 che de- li - rar, and all my ah! non son io che Not mine the voice com- ba-ro do - Io - re che ly_ woe-ful sad - ness. r li-rarmi fa, che de-li - rar, che de-li- andsorrow blend, How can it end? How will my r we che de- li - rar, How can it end? do-li- rar mi pain and sad - ness che de-li - Will pain and. fa, blend, St Ks rar mi row ev- er rar__ smi sor - che de - i how will my 101 ba - ro do - my woe - ful fa, end? fa, rar sor 102 Allegro fa. Non cu - rail ciel end? If Heav - en would Pe, no, in cui guish it could ve - do: un ful - mi-ne gli chie - do, freed me; Though skies a-bove may dark- en, eT 103 fol - mi-ne non ha. non son io, non son io thun - der-bolts de-scend. guishhas bro - ken my heart, che and che mi di-vi-deil co - re, Caus-es my woe-ful madness, 104 no, in cui guishit coula ve - do: un ful- mi-ne gli chie - do, freed me; Thoughskies a-bove may dark-en, ful - mi-ne non ha, eun ful’ - mi-ne non ha; thun - der-bolts de-scend, No thun-der-bolts de- scend: te ___ fe ful - mi-ne_ gli chie - do, ful - mi-ne_ non ha, Heav-en does not. _heark-en make my sor-row end, Se fe _|\fe ie iP \f 105 ful - mi - ne non has un ful - mi-ne gli chie-do, eun pain and an-guish end. Though skies a-bovemay darken, And fe iP eo ie ful - mi-ne non ha, eun fol - mi - ne mon light - ning may im - pend, No thun - der - bolts de - ie ie fe \f eun ful - mi-ne non ha, ful - mi-ne non Though —light-ning may im-pend, thun - der-bolts de-

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