"M'Appari" lyrics

[Lady Harriet and her maid Nancy, disguised as peasants called Martha and Julia, have unwittingly bound themselves for a year's service to Lionel and Plunket, two local farmers. The women soon escape, and though time passes, Lionel cannot get Martha out of his mind.]

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
M'appari tutt'amor
Il mio sguardo l'incontro
Bella si cheil mio cor
Ansioso a lei volo
Marta, Marta tu sparisti
E il mio corcol tuo n'ando!
Tu la pace mi rapisti
Di dolor io moriro

[English translation:]

[She Appeared To Me]

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