Original Compositions / English Translations of Art Songs & Arias / Program Notes
Voi lo sapete, o mamma,
Prima d'andar soldato,
Turiddu aveva a Lola
Eterna fè giurato.
Tornò, la seppe sposa;
E con un nuovo amore
Volle spegner la fiamma
Che gli bruciava il core:
M'amò, l'amai.
Quell'invidia d'ogni delizia mia,
Del suo sposo dimentica,
Arse di gelosia...
Me l'ha rapito...
Priva dell'onor mio rimango:
Lola e Turiddu s'amano,
Io piango, io piango!
--Italian text: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Now you should know, O mama,
Before leaving as a soldier
Turiddu swore an oath to Lola,
To love just her forever.
He returned--she was another's bride;
A new love he then hoped might start,
So the old flame might subside
That yet consumed his broken heart.
We fell in love.
She felt neglected, by her new spouse spurned--
Soon all my joy she envied,
And with jealousy she burned.
He's ensnared by her ...
Ashamed and honorless am I:
Lola and Turiddu love each other,
And so I cry! I cry!
--English translation: c2012 by E. Lein