Dame Te Kanawa - "Dove Sono"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWBieDvZb8
Dove sono i bei momenti Where are the lovely moments
Di dolcezza e di piacer? Of sweetness and pleasure?
Dove andaro i giuramenti Where have the promises gone
Di quel labbro menzogner? That came from those lying lips?
Perchè mai, se in pianti e in pene Why, if all is changed for me
Per me tutto si cangiò, Into tears and pain,
La memoria di quel bene Has the memory of that goodness
Dal mio sen non trapassò? Not vanished from my breast?
Ah! se almen la mia costanza, Ah! if only, at least, my faithfulness,
Nel languire amando ognor, Which still loves amidst its suffering,
Mi portasse una speranza Could bring me the hope
Di cangiar l'ingrato cor! Of changing that ungrateful heart!
Word-by-word translation by Jane Bishop
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