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I più bei fior comprate, fanciulli, amanti e spose: son fresche le mie rose, non spiran che l'amor. Ahime! Soccorso implora mia madre, poveretta e da me sola aspetta del pan e non dell'or.
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- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La fioraia fiorentina" [soprano and piano], from the collection Péchés de vieillesse, Vol I: Album italiano, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "The Florentine flower girl", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The most beautiful flowers [you can] buy, children, lovers, and newlyweds: my roses are fresh, [they] don’t die like love [does]. Alas! Help, implores my mother, poor little [thing] and from me she hopes only for bread and not for gold.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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