What is 'Goodbye my love' in Italian?

Ciao, [il] mio amore is an Italian equivalent of 'Goodbye, My love'. In the Word by Word translation, the interjection 'ciao' means 'hello' and 'goodbye'. The masculine definite article 'il' means 'the'. It doesn't have to be used, since it's followed by a possessive. The masculine possessive 'mio' means 'my'. The masculine gender noun 'amore' means 'love'. The phrase is pronounced 'chow [eel] MEE-oh ah-MOH-ray'.