Vivi tu te ne scongiuro

English Libretto or Translation:

PERCY:
And does he hold me to be so cowardly,
so false, that I would want to live when she dies,
she who is innocent! Return to him and tell him
that I refuse such a deadly gift.
Tell him that in this heart
the flame is as sacred as my love is pure
which is born of virtue, tell him that in my heart
amidst my woes, honour speaks.
Come, unhappy friend, this is the only comfort
which remains to me,
to embrace you and die.
Alas, restrain your tears.
Preserve yourself so that you can remember the dreadful fate
of us both, and then let the knowledge console you
that Percy, after the last innocent embrace
of tender friendship
thinking of her, of her…at least died, with her name
on his lips and moreover, in his heart.
Live, I entreat you,
seek a land less sad
less painful, in which an innocent man
might have safe asylum;
seek a shore in which it might not be forbidden to you
to pray for us.
Ah! let someone remain on earth
to bewail our fate.

ROCHEFORT:
Oh Percy! I am no less strong,
No less constant than you.

HERVEY:
Have you decided?

ROCHEFORT:
You heard…

ROCHEFORT and HERVEY:
Death.

HERVEY:
Let them be separated.

PERCY and ROCHEFORT:
Friend!…farewell.