Everyone's friend am I | Everyone's friend am I

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Io son di tutti amico

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Io son di tutti amico,  
son vostro servitor.
Un uomo di buon cor
conoscerete in me.
La chiamo subito,
verrà, ma dubito,
sconvolta trovisi
da un non so che;
farò il possibile
pe 'l vostro merito,
che per i titoli,
per i capitoli
anche in preterito
famoso egli è.

Text Authorship:

by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793) [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 Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785), "Io son di tutti amico", 1754, first performed 1754 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Everyone's friend am I", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 49

Everyone's friend am I

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Everyone's friend am I,
and your devoted servant!
Know in me a man 
after your heart.
I'll call her right away,
she will come, but I have my doubts.
May she find herself 
thrown into confusion by who knows what!
I will do whatever possible
by your merit,
for by your titles,
and by the chronicles,
even in the preterite,
it is world-renowned!

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 63