Two Spirit Soprano Mixti (they/them) formerly known as Helena Colindres is performing Linda's aria from Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix with pianist, Min Joo Yi (she/her).

Italiano:

Ah! tardai troppo, e al nostro

favorito convegno io non trovai

il mio diletto Carlo; e chi sa mai

quanto egli avrà sofferto!

Ma non al par di me! Pegno d'amore

questi fior mi lasciò! tenero core!

E per quel core io l'amo,

unico di lui bene.

Poveri entrambi siamo,

viviam d'amor, di speme;

pittore ignoto ancora

egli s'innalzerà coi suoi talenti!Sarà mio sposo allora. Oh noi contenti!

O luce di quest'anima,

delizia, amore e vita,

la nostra sorte unita,

in terra, in ciel sarà.

Deh, vieni a me, riposati

su questo cor che t'ama,

che te sospira e brama,

che per te sol vivrà.

English:

Ah! he isn’t coming, and In our favorite spot, I still don’t see him,

my beloved Carlo, and who can know

how bad he must be feeling!

But I feel even worse!..

(She sees flowers.)

To show he loves me,

Tenero core! he left me these blossoms! Tender heart!

And for that heart, I love him,

it’s all the riches he has.

Because we’re both quite poor,

we live on love, on hoping.

He’s still unknown as a painter

but one day his talent will shine!

Then he will be my husband.

Oh, we’ll be happy!

Oh, you, the light of my soul,

my delight, my love, my life,

our fate will always bind us

on earth and in heaven, too.

Come here, I beg, and rest, my dear,

upon this heart that loves you,

that sighs for you with longing,

and lives for you alone.