La notte etterna [English translation]

Go back, go back

Go back to the heavens

Wandering soul

(Wandering soul)

In a dream, I spoke to Cypris

Cypris, Cypris1

You, in whose arms

Eternity has placed

My life

You who of another world

dreamed, of other flames

But I don't know for what I exist

Oh, lifeless shore

Of my unhappy state

Unhappy state!

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

Pull me from it!2

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

I ramble, I ramble

Protect me

Pull me from it!2

There above

What do you know

Of bewildered, febrile

Waiting?

Where ...

Where are you

While your exiled captive

Awaits you?

But I don't know for what I exist

Oh, lifeless shore

Of my unhappy state

Unhappy state!

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

Pull me from it!2

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Ah!

Pull me from it!2

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

Pull me from it!2

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

Pull me from it!2

Go back, go back

Go back ...

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

Pull me from it!2

Like one who no longer sees the sky

Look at me

Has a heart in darkness

Listen to me

Like one who looks much at

Protect me

The eternal night ...

1. An epithet of Aphrodite.2. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_notte_etterna