Io ti voglio bene assai

Don't cry,
for you will be mine…

I love you very much…
and you don't think of me!

Look at me in the face and see
how I've become:
Thin, all skin and ugly,
my girl, because of you!
Sewn with a double thread,
with you, you will see me…

I love you very much…
and you don't think of me!

I know you don't want to lower
the grate when it's dark…
Go close to the wall,
lean on me…
You, a man like this,
where will you find him?

I love you very much…
and you don't think of me!

When I have turned to ashes,
then you will cry for me…
Then you will ask:
where is my boy?!
Open my grave
and there you will find me…

I love you very much…
and you don't think of me!