1. Fanciullo appena, ti parlai d'amore, Garzone, t'adorai come il buon Dio: Tu per trastullo mi donavi il core, E giocando irridevi all'amor mio. 2. Domani appiè dell'ara al nuovo affetto Darai promessa d'illibata fede: Io coll'antico amor sepolto in petto, Porrò domani in altra terra il piede.

1. While yet a boy, I told you how I lov'd you, A youth, I worshipp'd you like my Creator; You led me on, as tho' my passion mov'd you, Till I saw love betray'd, and you the traitor! 2. Kneeling before the altar, you, to-morrow, Will give a promise of unstain'd devotion: I, with a heart forlorn in secret sorrow, Shall seek another home beyond the ocean.

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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. 97

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