M'appari lyrics

Song information

Artist: Michael Bolton
Album: My Secret Passion: The Arias

Lyrics

(Martha)(she appeared to me)

M'appari tutt''amor, il mio sguardo l'incontro:
Bella si che il mio cor, ansioso a lei volo:
Mi feri, m'invaghi quell'angelica belta
Sculta in cor dall'amor cancellarsi non potra:
Il pensier di poter palpitar con lei d'amor
Puo sopir il martir che m'affana e stranzia il cor e stranzia il cor
M'appari tutt'amor, il mio sguardo l'incontro;
Bella si che il mio cor ansioso a lei volo;
Marta, marta, tu sparisti e il mio cor col tuo n'ando!
Tu la pace mi rapisti, di dolor io moriro
Di dolor morro, ah, morro!

Synopses
Lady harriet and her maid nancy, disguised as peasants called martha and julia, have unwittingly bound themselves for a years' service to lionel and plunket, two local farmers. the women soon escape, and though time passes, lionel cannot get martha out of his mind

English translation
She appeared to me, purest of love
I discovered with my eyes this vision of delight
Lovely was she, that my hungry heart, in a snap, to her did fly
I was hurt, I was charmed by that beauty from above
Love is etched in my heart, and cannot now be erased
The mere thought that our hearts
With sweet love might beat as one
Is enough to forget all the sorrow that fills my heart
She appeared to me, purest of love
I discovered with my eyes this vision of delight
Lovely was she, that my hungry heart, in a snap to her did fly
Marta, marta, you have left me
And my heart with yours has vanished
Peace and quiet, gone now forever, I will surely die of pain

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"My Secret Passion: The Arias" album track list