Quando me'n vò Quando me'n vò soletta per la via, La gente sosta e mira E la bellezza mia tutta ricerca in me, ricerca in me Da capo a pie' ...
Ed assaporo allor la bramosia sottil che da gl'occhi traspira e dai palesi vezzi intender sa Alle occulte beltà. Cosi l'effluvio del desio tutta m'aggira, felice mi fa, felice me fa! E tu che sai, che memori e ti struggi Da me tanto rifuggi?
So ben: le angoscie tue non le vuoi dir, non le vuoi dir so ben Ma ti senti morir!
When I walk When I walk alone in the street People stop and stare at me And everyone looks at my beauty, Looks at me, From head to foot...
And then I relish the sly yearning which escapes from their eyes and which is able to perceive my most hidden beauties. Thus the scent of desire is all around me, and it makes me happy, makes me happy!
And you who know, who remember and yearn you shrink from me?
I know it very well: you don't want to express your anguish, but you feel as if you're dying!