EDOARDO Dunque tutto, amici cari, Dunque tutto non sapete? Io v'apro il cor.
Pietoso al lungo pianto Alfin m'arride amore; Quella che m'arde il core Mia sposa alfin sarà. Avrò per sempre accanto Il ben che già perdea! Questa amorosa idea Scordare il duol mi fa!
CORO Finì la sorte rea? … Godiamo in verità.
English Libretto or Translation:
EDOARDO Then, my dear friends, you don't know everything. I'll confide in you.
Mercifully, after much weeping, love has finally smiled upon me. She who has set me aflame will at last become my wife. This treasure, whom I almost lost, will always be beside me. This happy thought dispels all sorrow.
CHORUS Then your sorrows are over? We are truly delighted.
EDOARDO Pray, allow a loving soul a single ray of hope, So that for one moment of joy he may abandon his sad heart. Ah! But if one lacks the faint pleasure that is born of hope, there is no point in any other good; love is an agony.