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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Un bacio di mano
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE LIT
Un bacio di mano 
Vi fa maraviglia,
E poi bella figlia 
Volete sposar. 

Voi siete un po' tondo, 
Mio caro Pompeo, 
L'usanze del mondo 
Andate a studiar. 

Un uom, che si sposa 
Che giovin vezzosa, 
A certi capricci, 
Dee pria rinunciar. 
Dee libere voglie lasciar alla moglie, 
Dee sempre le porte aperte lasciar, 
Dee chiudere gli occhi, gli orecchi, la bocca, 
Se il re degli sciocchi no vuole sembrar. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Un bacio di mano", K. 541 (1787) [ bass, orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "A kiss on her hand", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Jeremy Sagnier) , "Un baise-main", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Rankos bučinys", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Christian Anderson

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

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