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Tu mancavi a tormentarmi,

Crudelissima speranza,

E con dolce rimembranza

Vuoi di nuovo avvelenarmi.

Ancor dura

La sventura

D’una fiamma incenerita,

La ferita

Ancora aperta

Par m’avverta

nuove pene.

Dal rumor delle catene

Mai non vedo allontanarmi.

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Translation:

Will you continue to torment me,

cruel hope, 

by not fulfilling my wish?

With sweet remembrances you poison me anew.

The incinerating flame

still 

consumes me,

And my burning wounds

testify 

anew of 

my misfortune.

Nevertheless, I would not remove

the chains that bind me.

i’m having a really difficult time with graduate music theory. so much so, that it is effecting my sleep and my ability to focus. i’m stressed out. if i can just get through this semester, i think i might survive grad school. but damn, i’ve got to deal with the agonizing truth…that i suck at music theory. 

should i just give up and teach music at a church or something? not what i want to do, but at this point, it’d be easier than writing out the harmonic analysis for 3 full orchestral pieces. why can’t i just sing them?