Vesti La Giuba

Recite! While caught up in delirium
I no longer know what I say or what I do!
Yet it’s necessary, push through!
Bah! Are you even a man?
You’re a Clown!
Put on the costume and powder your face
The crowd pays and wants to laugh here
And if Harlequin steals Colombina from you
Laugh, Clown, and everyone will applaud!
Turn your agony and tears into jokes
Into a grimace, your sobs and pain!
Ah! Laugh, Clown, at your broken heart
Laugh at the sorrow that poisons your heart!