Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Una furtiva lagrima
(from L?Elisir d?Amore) (The Elixir of Love) (1832)
Text: Felice Romani, after Eugene Scribe?s libretto for
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber?s Le philtre (1831)
Original Key/Recorded Key: B-flat Minor
Teach-Track begins: m. 7, beat 4 (2-1/2 mm. before voice enters)
Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
Una furtiva lagrima negl' occhi suoi spunto:
A furtive tear in-[the] eyes her burst-forth:
quelle festose giovani invidiar sembro:
those merry young-girls to-envy she-seemed:
Che piu cercando io vo'?
What more searching I go?
M'ama, si, m'ama, lo vedo, lo vedo.
Me-she-loves, yes, me-she-loves, it I-see, it I-see.
Un solo istante i palpiti
One sole moment the beating
del suo bel cor sentir!
of-[the] her beautiful heart to-feel!
I miei sospir confondere per poco a'suoi sospir !
[The] my sighs to-mingle for little to her sighs!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir !
The beating, the beating to-feel!
Confondere i miei co' suoi sospir!
To-mingle [the] mine with-[the] her sighs !
Cielo, si puo morir, di piu non chiedo.
Heaven, one can die, [of] more not I-ask.