by
Luigi Romanelli (1751 - 1839)
Se di certo io non sapessi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se di certo io non sapessi
che la donna è ingannatrice,
i lamenti di Clarice
mi farebbero pietà.
Pietà? pietà?... spropositi;
dove mi va la testa?
guai, se a pietà mi desta!
son fritto, come va.
Ah! non sedurmi, amore;
è giusto il mio rigore:
ah! non fia ver che in femmina
io sogni fedeltà.
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If I did not know for certain
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
If I did not know for certain
that women are by nature deceitful,
then Clarice's laments would
surely arouse in me pity.
Pity? Folly! Where has my head gone?
Woe if my mind should
ever incline me towards pity!
In that case, I am doomed!
Love, don't seduce me;
my severity is perfectly reasonable.
May it not be true that I
should ever imagine women to be faithful.
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