Gentle spirit

Gaetano Donizetti

Ye, gentle spirit,

you once shined

in my dreams

but, after, I lost you forever:

leave my frail heart,

you false promises,

ye ghosts of love -

disappear altogether and at once,

ye ghosts of love.

In your vicinity

I used to forget

my father's afflictions,

my homeland, and heaven...

ye, unfair mistress,

giving me so much love

you weigh down on my heart

human shame,

alas!