Da me non venni [English translation]

I came not freely,

To lose myself in the abyss,

Such is where cruel luck,

Wished me to be...

Why fled ye,

False and lowly hopes,

When the course wished

To take me...

Pity!

Stay a while longer,

Against my breast, oh...

With no other arm,

How our tears felt,

Our changed appearances

Are blind and deaf,

How our tears,

Pale and bereft,

Our changed appearances,

Are blind and deaf...

I came not freely,

But in vain, I seek

The shore, in oblivion,

In oblivion...

Pity!

Stay a while longer,

Against my breast, oh...

With no other arm,

How our tears felt,

Our changed appearances

Are blind and deaf,

How our tears,

Pale and bereft,

Our appearances are changed

By you..oh why?