NORMA
Oh, do not let them be victims
Of my cruel mistake ?

Oh, do not cut them down
In the innocence of childhood.
Remember that I am your blood,

Have pity on my children.
Oh father, have pity,
Have pity on my children.

Father, oh father ?

OROVESO and CHORUS

My heart is oppressed!

NORMA

Love conquered me!

OROVESO and CHORUS

Love conquered, yes!

NORMA

Ah, forgive me, your tears have told me.
I ask no more ? I am happy,
And gladly I shall ascend the pyre!


CHORUS
She weeps! She prays ? but what hope has she?

Her prayers will be rejected.
Tear from her brow the sacred wreath,
Place upon her the veil of death!


POLLIONE
I ask no more of you!


NORMA
Father, ah father!


OROVESO
No more, wretched girl!


NORMA
You promise me?


OROVESO
I promise you, yes.


NORMA
Ah, you forgive me! Your tears have told me, etc.


OROVESO
Go, wretched child!


NORMA
Father ? goodbye!


POLLIONE
Your pyre, o Norma, is mine.

There beyond, purer, holier,
Begins eternal love!


OROVESO
Break forth, at last, o tears!
You are a father's right.


CHORUS
Go now to the pyre and may your sacrifice

Cleanse the altar and the temple,
O you who shall be cursed in death!


NORMA
You promise me?


OROVESO
I promise you, yes.


NORMA
Ah, you forgive me! Your tears have told me, etc.

OROVESO
Go, wretched child!


NORMA
Father goodbye!

POLLIONE

Your pyre, o Norma, is mine.
There beyond, purer, holier,
Begins eternal love!

OROVESO

Break forth, at last, o tears!
You are a father's right.

CHORUS
Go now to the pyre and may your sacrifice

Cleanse the altar and the temple,
O you who shall be cursed in death!