Cavalleria rusticana, Act I: Voi lo sapete, o mamma - Guido Menasci, Studio Pianist, Felia Litvinne

Santuzza

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!

Lucia

Miseri noi,

Che cosa vieni a dirmi

In questo santo giorno?

Santuzza

Io son dannata.

Andate o mamma,

Ad implorare Iddio,

E pregate per me.

Verrà Turiddu,

Vo' supplicarlo

Un’altra volta ancora!

Lucia

Aiutatela voi,

Santa Maria!

Santuzza

You know it, oh mother,

Before going as a soldier,

Turiddu had a Lola

Eternal was sworn.

He came back, he knew her as a bride;

And with a new love

He wanted to put out the flame

That his heart burned:

He loved me, I loved him.

That envy of all my delight,

He forgets about the husband,

Burned with jealousy ...

He kidnapped it from me ...

Without my honor I remain:

Lola and Turiddu love each other,

I cry, I cry!

Lucia

Miserable we,

What are you coming to tell me

On this holy day?

Santuzza

I am damned.

Go o mum,

To implore God,

And pray for me.

Turiddu will come,

I want to beg him

One more time again!

Lucia

Help her,

Saint Mary!