Exercise 6
['mɔdo sinco'pato]
Modo sincopato
Syncopation
[nel kon'trasto a'mor s at'tʃende]
Nel contrasto amor s'accende:
Resistance makes love flare up:
[kon ki 'tʃede o ki s ar'rende]
con chi cede, o chi s'arrende
to him that succumbs or surrenders,
['mai si 'barbaro non ɛ]
mai sì barbaro non è.
it is never cruel.
When he encounters resistance, Cupid *
flares up, but he is never cruel
to those that surrender.
* (Cupid imprisoned / By Metastasio)