Vola colomba [English translation]

God in heaven, if I were a dove

I would like to fly up there where my love is,

Who, kneeled at San Giusto1

Prays with a melancholy soul:

Let my love return,

Return soon

Fly, white dove, fly

Tell him that I'll be back

Tell her that she'll no longer be alone

and that I'll never leave her again

We were happy united, and they divided us

The sun, sky, and sea smiled on us

We had left the shipyard

Happy with our work

And the bell, ding dong

Was our chorus

Fly, white dove, fly

Tell him that I'll be back

Every night, I fall asleep sad

And in my dreams I cry and invoke you

Even my father2 dreams of you

He thinks of the pains suffered,

Cries and hides his face among the covers

Fly, white dove, fly

Tell her that I'll be back

Tell her that I'll be back

1. The principal and largest cathedral of Trieste2. "Il mio vecio" comes from the Triestini dialect