La Mamma Morta
Maria Callas
The Dead Mother
The dead mother they brought me
To the door of my room
She was dying and saving me
Then in the dead of night
I wandered with Bersi
When suddenly
A livid gleam flashes
And illuminates before my steps
The dark street
I look
The place of my cradle was burning
So I was alone
And around me nothing
Hunger and misery
Need, danger
I fell ill
And Bersi, good and pure
Has made a market of her beauty
A contract for me
Brings misfortune to those who wish me well
It was in that pain
That love came to me
A voice full of harmony says:
"Live on! I am life
In my eyes is your sky
You are not alone
I gather your tears
I am on your path and support you
Smile and hope! I am love
Is everything around blood and mud?
I am divine! I am oblivion
I am the god who over the world
Descends from the heavens, makes the earth
A heaven! Ah
I am love, I am love, love
