文本歌词

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 'Thou, Merab, first in birth... My soul rejects the thought...See, see with what a scornful air... Ah! lovely youth!' (Live) - Alastair Miles/Donna Brown/Lynne Dawson/English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Lyrics by：Charles Jennens
Composed by：George Frideric Händel
Thou Merab first in birth be first in honour
Thine be the valiant youth whose arm has sav'd
Thy country from her foes
Oh mean alliance
My soul rejects the thought with scorn
That such a boy till now unknown
Of poor plebeian parents born
Should mix with royal blood his own
Though Saul's command I can't decline
I must prevent his low design
I must prevent
I must prevent his low design
And save the honour
And save the honour
And save the honour of his line
I must prevent his low design
And save the honour of his line
See see with what a scornful air
With what a scornful air
She the precious gift receives
With what a scornful air
With what a scornful air
She the precious gift receives
Shif see
Want what is thruth fall air
With what a scornful air
She the precious gift receives
Though e'er so noble or so fair
She cannot merit what he gives
She cannot cannot merit what he gives
She cannot merit
She cannot merit what he gives
Ah lovely youth
Ah lovely youth wast thou design'd
With that proud beauty
With that proud beauty to be joined
Ah lovely youth wast thou design'd
With that proud beauty to be joined