perfidia
Jimmy Dorsey Lyrics

To you my heart cries out "Perfidia,"
My heart is burdened by betrayal, and I'm crying out the sorrowful tune of Perfida

For I found you, the love of my life,
I believed you were my soulmate, the one I'd spend my life with

In somebody else's arms
However, you were in the arms of someone else, and it shattered my heart

Your eyes are echoing "Perfidia,"
I see the pain in your eyes, and it's resonating the same emotions of betrayal and deceit

Forgetful of our promise of love,
You've forgotten the vows we made to each other in the name of love

You're sharing another's charms
You're enjoying the company of another person, sharing intimate moments with someone else

With a sad lament, my dreams
My heart aches with a mournful lament, as all my dreams have been shattered

Have faded like a broken melody;
All the good memories, the promises of love, feel like a broken melody that I can no longer hear

While the gods of love look down and laugh
Love has humored us, and the gods of love are mocking us. We were foolish, and love knows it

At what romantic fools we mortals be
We mortals are all foolish when it comes to love, and we see it when we fall for someone we shouldn't have

And now I know my love was not for you
I realize that my love was wasted on someone who didn't deserve it

And so I'll take it back with a sigh,
With a heavy heart and a sigh, I'm taking back my love and leaving you behind

Perfidious one, good-bye.
I'm saying goodbye to you, the one I believed was my soulmate, but who turned out to be treacherous and faithless