Cielo e che nuvole stasera!.../ what a sky and what clouds tonight!
pare ch''o munno se ne more.../ looks like the world is dying
ma na speranza pe' stu core/ but a hope, for this heart,
nun pò murí!/ cannot die
Nun ce vò' na luna chiena/ i don't need the full moon
pe' capí si mme vuó' bene.../ to understand if you love me
mm'è abbastato 'o ppoco 'e luna/ a little of it is enough
pe' te capí!.../ to understand you
Che mm'ha saputo fá stu quarto 'e luna.../ i can't explain what this quarter moon did to me
che mm'ha saputo fá chi voglio bene.../ i can't explain what the one i love did to me
E mme martella sempe nu penziero:/ and a thought keeps haunting me
"Nun è overo/ 'tis not true
ca pienze sulo a me..."/ that you think only of me
Comme só' triste 'e nnote 'e 'sta canzone/ how sad are this song's notes
e comm'è amaro 'o bbene 'e chi vò' bene.../ and how it's bitter the affection of who loves
Nun mme guardá!/ don't look at me
si chiagno nun guardá!.../ don't look if i cry
Che mm'ha saputo fá stu quarto 'e luna.../ look what this quarter moon did to me
Chiagno pecché tu mm'hê 'ngannato/ i cry because you deceived me
e no pecché t'aggio perduto:/ not because i've lost you
chiagno ca tu mm'hê abbandunato/ i cry because you've forsaken me
senza pecché!/ without reason
Quanta vote, ánema mia,/ how many times, my heart,
faccio 'a strada ca tu faje./.. i walk the same road you do
corro appriesso a 'sta buscia/ i go after this lie
pe' te vedé!.../ just to see you
"-Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity..."
"-Actually, I'm planning to threaten you."
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. Evil plots don't just make themselves, you know!"