Di rigori armato il seno 
(from Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier)

Mario Lanza 

Recorded in 1955 for the soundtrack of the 1956 release Serenade. Jakob Gimpel, pianist.

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Luciano Pavarotti

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Nicolai Gedda

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Di rigori armato il seno 
contro amor mi ribellai 
ma fui vinto in un baleno 
in mirar due vaghi rai. 
Ma fui vinto in un baleno 
Ahi! in mirar due vaghi rai. 
Ahi! che resiste puoco a stral di fuoco
Cor di gelo di fuoco a stral 

With severity my breast was armed
and I rebelled against love
when with one stroke I was slain
on seeing two lovely eyes.
With one stroke I was slain
on seeing two lovely eyes.
Ah, how feebly
an icy heart resists such fiery arrows.

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