Una furtiva lagrima 
Negli occhi suoi spunto: 
Quelle festosee giovani 
Invidiar sembro. 
Che piu cercando io vo? 
M'ama, lo vedo. 
Un solo instante i palpiti 
Del suo bel cor sentir! 
I miei sospir, confondere 
Per poco a' suoi sospir! 
Cielo, si puo morir! 
Di piu non chiedo.


English Translation

One tear that falls so furtively 
from her sweet eyes has just sprung, 
as if she envied all the youths 
who laughingly passed her right by. 
What could I want more than this? 
She loves me! I see it. 
One moment just to hear her heart, 
beating so close next to mine, 
to hear my sighs like they were hers, 
her sighings as if they were mine! 
Heavens, please take me now: 
All that I wanted is mine now!