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by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chi vuol la zingarella

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG GER

Chi vuol la zingarella
Graziosa accorta e bella?
Signori, eccola qua.
Signori, eccola qua.

Le donne sul balcone 
So bene indovinar.
I giovani al cantone
So meglio stuzzicar.

A vecchi innamorati
Scaldar fo le cervella.

Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Chi vuol la zingarella", R 1.79 (1789), first performed 1789, from opera Gli zingari in fiera, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Who desires the gipsy girl", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Who desires the fair gypsy-maiden?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wer begehrt das Zigeunermädchen", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 35

Who desires the gipsy girl

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Who desires the gipsy girl,
graceful, prudent and beautiful?
Gentlemen, here she is.
Gentlemen, here she is.

The ladies on the balconies
are easily to be figured out.
The young men at the street corners
are teased more easily.

The heads of old men in love
Can be set on fire.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 51