perfidia
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Lyrics

To you my heart cries out "Perfidia,"
I feel betrayed by you, so my heart is calling out "perfidy," which means betrayal.

For I found you, the love of my life,
I thought that you were the one I was meant to be with forever because I loved you so much.

In somebody else's arms
But now, I see you with someone else, holding you and embracing you, which causes me great pain and distress.

Your eyes are echoing "Perfidia,"
Your eyes are showing me that you have forgotten about the love we once shared, and you are now enjoying the arms of another person.

Forgetful of our promise of love,
You have forgotten the love we promised to each other, and how important that love was to us.

You're sharing another's charms
You are now sharing the charms and love of someone else, which hurts me a great deal.

With a sad lament, my dreams
I feel sad and depressed about this situation because I know that my dreams of us being together are over.

Have faded like a broken melody
My dreams and hopes for us have dissipated and disappeared, like a melody that fades when a musical instrument is broken.

While the gods of love look down and laugh
It seems like the gods of love find our situation to be amusing, as if we are foolish mortals for believing in love that is not meant to be.

At what romantic fools we mortals be
We are foolish and naive to think that love will always work out in our favor, especially when we have been betrayed and hurt by someone we loved.

And now I know my love was not for you
I realize now that you were not the right person for me, and that our love was not worth fighting for.

And so I'll take it back with a sigh,
I will take back my love for you and move on from this heartbreak, but not without a sigh of sadness for what could have been.

Perfidious one, good-bye.
I must say goodbye to you, the one who betrayed me and broke my heart, and move on to find love and happiness elsewhere.