O mio babbino caro
Language: Italian (Italiano)
O mio babbino caro, mi piace è bello bello;
vo'andare in Porta Rosa a comperar l'anello!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
E se l'amassi indarno, andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento! O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà! Babbo, pietà, pietà!
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- ENG English (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Oh, daddy dearest!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-07
Line count: 7
Word count: 49
Oh, daddy dearest!
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Oh, daddy dearest, I love him so much, so much;
I want to go to Porte Rosa to buy the ring1!
Yes, yes that's where I want to go!
But if you don't let me, I will go to the Ponte Vecchio
to throw myself into the river Arno!
This torment tears me apart, Oh God, I want to die!
Daddy, have mercy, have mercy! Daddy, have mercy, have mercy!
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1 i.e., engagement ring.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-08
Line count: 7
Word count: 71
