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by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

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

Who desires the fair gypsy‑maiden?

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Who desires the fair gypsy-maiden,
graceful, shrewd, and pretty?
Behold her, gentlemen.

I can easily discern
the whims of genteel ladies,
and I am especially gifted
at teasing young men
in the street.
Of old men in love, well,
I cause their hearts to burn up!

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: 2018-06-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 46