by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Il mio ben m'abbandonò
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Il mio ben m'abbandonò,
Giusto ciel, come vivrò?
Morirò di dolor,
Crudo amor, crudo amor.
Il mio ben m'abbandonò,
Giusto ciel, come vivrò?
Crudo amor, io morirò di dolor.
Il mio ben, ah! giusto ciel, m'abbandonò,
Giusto ciel, morirò di dolor.
Ah! giusto ciel, come vivrò?
Ah! come, ah! come vivrò?
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- ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "My love abandoned me", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 51
My love abandoned me
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
My love abandoned me,
Just heavens, how shall I go on living?
I shall die of sorrow,
Cruel love, cruel love.
My love abandoned me,
Just heavens, how shall I go on living?
Cruel love, I shall die of sorrow.
My love, ah! just heavens, abandoned me,
Just heavens, I shall die of sorrow.
Ah! just heavens, how shall I go on living?
Ah! how, ah! how shall I go on living?
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 72