Sad love
Gaetano Donizetti
More than an angel loves,
I loved you in my delirium,
I melted myself into your spirit,
I lived in your breath,
But a heart that does not beat,
A vow without faith,
A laugh without tears,
Woman, you gave to me.
Farewell, far away is the grave
That will harbour these bones,
And there will remain for sorrows
Not one trace of the grave;
You were the angel and the demon
Of my past days,
I love you, you said to a miserable man,
and he died of it.