Lyrics of Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3 - "Di quella pira" - Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3 - "Di quella pira" (original)

Di quella pira l’orrendo foco
Tutte le fibre m’arse avvampò…
Empi spegnetela, o ch’io tra poco
Col sangue vostro la spegnerò…
Era già figlio prima d’amarti
Non può frenarmi il tuo martir
Madre infelice, corro a salvarti
O teco almeno corro a morir!
Non reggo a colpi tanto funesti…
Oh quanto meglio sarìa morir!
All’armi, all’armi!
eccone presti
A pugnar teco, teco a morir

(translation)

The horrendous fire of that pyre
All the fibers flared me ...
Empi turn it off, or I'll soon
With your blood I will extinguish it ...
He was already a son before he loved you
Your martyr cannot stop me
Unhappy mother, I run to save you
Or at least I run to die with you!
I can't stand such fatal blows ...
Oh how much better it will be to die!
Arms, arms!
here it is
A pugnar with you, with you to die