Voi lo sapete, o mamma,
Prima d’andar soldato,
Turiddu aveva a Lola
Eterna fè giurato.

Tornò, la seppe sposa;
E con un nuovo amore
Volle spegner la fiamma
Che gli bruciava il core:

M’amò, l’amai.

Quell’invidia d’ogni delizia mia,
Del suo sposo dimentica,
Arse di gelosia…
Me l’ha rapito…

Priva dell’onor mio rimango:
Lola e Turiddu s’amano,
Io piango, io piango!

O mother, you know
Before he became a soldier
Turiddu had sworn
Eternal faith to Lola.

On his return, he found her married,
And sought with a new love
To quell the flame
Which burned in his heart:

But she, envious of my only delight
And forgetful of her husband,
Burned with jealousy…
She stole him from me…

Without my honor I remain;
Lola and Turiddu are lovers,
I cry, I cry!