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by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)

Translation © by Mario Giuseppe Genesi

Stizzoso, mio stizzoso

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Stizzoso, mio stizzoso,
Voi fate il borioso,
Ma nò, ma non vi può giovare;
Bisogna al mio divieto 
star cheto, cheto,
E non parlare,
Zitt! ... Zitt!...
Serpina vuol così.
Zitt! ... Zitt!...
Serpina vuol così.

Cred'io che m'intendete, si,
che m'intendete, si,
Dacchè mi conoscete 
son molti e molti dì.

Text Authorship:

by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Stizzoso, mio stizzoso" [strings and soprano], from the opera La Serva Padrona [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , "Irascible, my irascible", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 49

Irascible, my irascible

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 Irascible, my irascible,
 you behave with arrogance,
 but no! it won't help your position.
 You must keep to my prohibitions 
 and keep silent,
 and not talk,
  Shut up! ... shut up! ...
 These are Serpina's commands.
  Shut up! ... shut up! ...
 These are Serpina's commands.
 
 Now I think you have understood,
 Yes, you have captured the message,
 Because already a long time has passed
 from when you first made acquaintance with me.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 70