Se cerca, se dice
L’Amico dov’è?
L’Amico infelice
(Rispondi) morì

Ah no sì gran duolo
Non darle per me
Rispondi, ma solo
Piangendo partì

Che abisso di pene!
Lasciare il suo Bene!
Lasciarlo per sempre!
Lasciarlo così!

[If she is searching, if she asks
“Where is my friend?”
“Your unhappy friend”
You must answer, “he has died”

Ah no, so much pain
Don’t make her suffer for me
Answer only:
“He was weeping as he left”

Such an abyss of pain!
To leave your love!
To leave her forever!
To leave in such a manner!]