(with much feeling!!)

Tu se' Pagliaccio!
Vesti la giubba
e la faccia infarina
La gente paga e rider vuole qua

E se Arlec chin t'in-vola
Colombina, ridi, Pagliaccio
e o gnum applaudira!
Tramuta in lazzi lo spasmoed il pianto
in una smorfia il singhiozzo e'l do-lor... Ah!
Ridi Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!
Ridi del duol che t'avvelena il cor!

On with your costume and your face brightly painted
Your public pays you and they must be amused
Though Colombine and Harlequin betray you
Laugh, clown, be merry and they will applaud!
You must transform your despair inyo laughter
And make a jest of your sobbing, of your pain... Ah!
Laugh and amuse them, though your love has betrayed you!
Laugh, though torment that embitters your heart!