It's difficult | It is difficult, to kiss my own ass

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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Difficile lectu mihi mars et jonicu

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Difficile lectu mihi mars 
Et jonicu difficile.

Text Authorship:

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) [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), "Difficile lectu mihi mars et jonicu", K. 559, canon [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "It's difficult", subtitle: "Vulgar Canon", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-25
Line count: 2
Word count: 7

It's difficult

Language: English after the Latin

It is difficult, to kiss my own ass
And balls: it is difficult.

Subtitle: "Vulgar Canon"

Translator's notes:
The text is meant as a joke between friends, relying on two puns (involving Latin, German, and Italian) The joke was meant to be obvious when it was sung by Mozart's friend Johann Nepomuk Peyerl, a baritone with a strong Bavarian accent.
In the first line, "lectu mihi mars" is not strict Latin; it is meant to be heard as German: "Leck du mi am Arsch" ("lick you me in the arse.")
In the second line, "jonicu," is meant to sound like the colloquial Italian word "cujoni," or testicles."
Literally, the Latin words could mean (loosely): It's difficult, to choose the Ionian Sea [mar Jonico].

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a text in Latin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 2
Word count: 13