28 November 2020

Dido's Lament - Annie Lennox

 So beautiful, so emotional...
 


The words, from Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1688):
 
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble
in thy breast;
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble
in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me,
but ah!
forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah!
forget my fate.
Remember me, remember me,
but ah!
forget my fate.
Remember me
but ah!
forget my fate.

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