1. Iu partu e su' custrittu di partiri, Ciatu, ti lassu stu cori custanti, Toinella, toi, nai, nai, nà, ecc. 2. A tia lu lassu e non mi l'hâ' tradiri, Nun fari ca lu fidi a n'autru amanti. 3. Di nottitempu ti vegnu a vidiri, Ti staju comu un'ùmmira davanti; 4. Si senti ventu, su' li me' suspiri, L'acqua ca vivirai su' li me' chianti!

1. Now 't is the hour to part, nor can I stay it, Dear love, I leave thee a heart never-changing. Toinella, toi, nai, nai, nà, etc. 2. I leave it all to thee, do not betray it, Nor let thine own heart to others be ranging. 3. When all is night around, I shall be nigh thee, As 't were a shadow arising before thee; 4. If thou dost hear the breezes, 't is my sighing, My tears, the water to drink thou dost pour thee.

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Marzo, Eduardo. Songs of Italy; sixty-five Tuscan, Florentine, Lombardian and other Italian folk- and popular songs. New York: G. Schirmer, 1904. 163

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