voi che sapete

tell me what love is

what can it be

what is this yearning burning me?

can i survive it

will i endure?

this is my sickness

is there a cure?

first his obsession seizing my brain

starting in passion

ending in pain. i start to shiver

then i'm on fire

then i'm aquiver with seething desire. who knows the secret

who holds the key?

i long for something - what can it be?

my brain is reeling

i wonder why;

and then the feeling i'm going to die. by day it haunts me

haunts me by night. this tender torment

tinged with delight!

tell me wht love is

what can it be?

what is this yearning

burning in me?

what is this yearning

burning in me?

what is this yearning

burning in me?