How lovely is the farspread sea,
From here seen shining charmingly,
Heartwarmingly, in tender ways,
The likeness of your lovely gaze.
In orange groves sweet trillings hail
Your ears, pleased by the nightingale.
Rich fragrance fills the nightime air.
The stars peek out from everywhere.
But you are going, no more minding,
The meaning that our life's been finding.
How can it be, can it be true,
I never shall again see you?
Don't leave me,
I beseech you,
Come back to Sorrento,
My love.
You see the sea with lifelike gleam
Reflecting Luna's silver sheen.
In waves it's lapping at your feet,
As if to hold you back, my sweet.
Gardens of leafy greenery
Stretch out to you affectionately,
Each look and sound now send your way
The same request, in one word, stay!
But you are going, no more minding,
The meaning that our life's been finding.
How can it be, can it be true,
I never shall again see you?
Don't leave me,
I beseech you,
Come back to Sorrento,
My love.
Don't leave me,
I beseech you,
Come back to Sorrento,
My love.