Songs

Tu se' morta, mia vita, ed io respiro?
Have you perished, my life, yet I still breathe?
Tu se' da me partita
Have you departed from me,
Per mai più non tornare, ed io rimango?
Never to return again, and I remain?
No, che se i versi alcuna cosa ponno,
No, for if my verses have any meaning
N'andrò sicuro a' più profondi abissi;
I must go, with certainty, to the deepest abyss;
E intenerito il cor del Re dell'ombre,
And having softened the King of Shadows’ heart,
Meco trarrotti a riveder le stelle,
I shall pull you up with me to see the stars once more,
Oh, se ciò negherammi empio destino,
Oh, if fate, in its capricious cruelty, were to see me fail,
Rimarrò teco in compagnia di morte.
I shall remain by your side in death.
Addio terra, addio cielo e sole, addio.
Farewell earth, farewell sky and sun, farewell.