Armida, cruel fortune with a power inhuman
withdraw my heart from Heav’n and my contentment
And here with grief eternal
Living it holds me in torment most infernal
O Lord! In pity hear me tears will relieve me.
Let me weep
My cruel fate,
And that I
should have freedom.
The duel infringes
within these twisted places,
in my sufferings
I pray for mercy.