O mio babbino caro,
mi piace, è bello, bello;
vo’ andare in Porta Rossa
a comperar l’anello! 

Oh, my dear papa,
I like him, he’s handsome;
I want to go to Porta Rossa
to buy the ring! 

Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
E se l’amassi indarno,
andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
ma per buttarmi in Arno! 

Yes, yes, I want to go!
And if it’s useless to love him,
I’ll go to the Ponte Vecchio
and throw myself into the Arno! 

Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà! 

I am pining, I am tortured!
O God, I could die!
Papa, have pity, have pity!