“Dost thou remember, Antonuccio,
How, when my father brought thee to his house,
My mother wished to take away thy life?
And how he bade thee sweep the stable clean?”
And the other replied:
“Passing away, passing away,
Well do I remember the day.” [148]
Then Marietta sang:
“Dost thou remember, Antonuccio,
How ’twas I aided thee to clear the field?”
He replied:
“Passing away, passing away,
Well do I remember the day.”
She sang again:
“Dost thou remember how thou hadst no work
Upon the day when they would murder thee,
And how we fled together to escape?”
He replied: