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by Luigi Prividali (1771 - 1844)

Il mio padrone è un uomo
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il mio padrone è un uomo,    
ognun che il vede il sa:
rassembra un galantuomo,
e forse tal sarà.
Vecchio non è, né giovine,
né brutto, né avvenente,
non è un villan, né un principe,
né ricco, né indigente.
È in somma un di quegli esseri
comuni in società.
Portato è per le femmine,
gli piace il vino, e il gioco,
amante è di far debiti,
ma di pagarli poco;
tutto censura, e critica,
benché sia un ignorante,
con tutti fa il sensibile,
ma di sé solo è amante,
procura ognor di vivere
in pace, e in sanità;
è in somma di quegli esseri
comuni in società.

Text Authorship:

  • by Luigi Prividali (1771 - 1844) [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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Il mio padrone è un uomo", 1812, first performed 1812, from the opera L'occasione fa il ladro, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My master is a man;", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-21
Line count: 22
Word count: 107

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