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!