文本歌词

Act 2 - 'What says the other' - 'Thy sentence, great king' - Della Jones/English Baroque Soloists (英国巴洛克独奏家)/John Eliot Gardiner
Lyrics by：Anonymous
Composed by：George Frideric Händel
What says the other to th'imputed charge
Speak in thy turn and tell thy wrongs at large
I cannot varnish o'er my tongue
And colour fair the face of wrong
This babe is mine the womb of earth
Intomb'd conceals her little birth
Give me my child my smiling boy
To cheer my breast with new-born joy
Hear me women and the king regard
Who from his throne thus reads the just award
Each claims alike let both their portions share
Divide the babe thus each her part shall bear
Quick bring the faulchion and the infant smite
Nor further clamour for disputed right
Thy sentence great king
Is prudent and wise
Thy sentence great king
Is prudent and wise
And my hopes on the wing
Quick bound for the prize
And my hopes on the wing
Quick bound
Quick bound for the prize
Thy sentence great king
Is prudent and wise
Is prudent and wise
My hopes on the wing
Quick bound for the prize
Quick bound for the prize
My hopes on the wing
Quick bound for the prize
My hopes on the wing
Quick bound
Quick bound for the prize
Contented I hear
And approve the decree
Contented I hear
Contented I hear
And approve the decree
For at least I shall tear
The lov'd infant from thee
For at least
For at least I shall tear
I shall tear
At least
The lov'd infant from thee
The lov'd infant from thee
For at least I shall tear
From thee
The lov'd infant from thee
Contented I hear
And approve the decree
And approve the decree
For at least I shall tear
The lov'd infant from thee
For at least I shall tear
The lov'd infant from thee