Beloved Mandina | Beloved Mandina, this money

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Christian Anderson

Mandina amabile

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Tenor:
 Mandina amabile, questo denaro
 Prendilo, tientilo tutto per te.
Soprano:
 Oh come siete grazioso e caro!
 Quanto denaro, tutto per me?
Tenor:
 La mano porgimi d'amore in pegno.
Soprano:
 Ecco, servitevi, ve la consegno,
A Due:
 Oh che contento in cor mi sento, 
 Piu dolce giubilo per me non v'e
Soprano:
 Quante monete! Tutto per me!
Bass:
 Eccellenza, seguitate, 
 io gia so che voi lo fate 
 per bonta, per amicizia. 
 Qui non c'entra la malizia, no signor.
Tenor:
 Resta pur colla tua sposa, 
 io vi lascio e me ne vo.
Soprano:
 Pippo ha in capo qualche cosa, 
 corria fingere e non puo 
Bass:
 Ho un sospetto maledetto, 
 e cavarmelo non so.
Soprano:
 Sono astratti, pajon mutti.
 cosa s'abbiano non so.
Tenor:
 Vado e torno, e come il girono
 finir dee, solo io lo so.

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), "Mandina amabile", K. 480 (1785). [soprano, tenor, bass, orchestra] [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "Beloved Mandina", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chère Mandina", copyright © 2018, (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: 35
Word count: 135

Beloved Mandina

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Tenor:
 Beloved Mandina, this money
 Take it, have it all for yourself.
Soprano:
 Oh how good and dear you are!
 So much money, all for me?
Tenor:
 Give me your hand as a token of love!
Soprano:
 Here, take it, I offer it to you.
A Due:
 What happiness I feel in my heart
 There is no sweeter joy for me.
Soprano:
 So much money, all for me!
Bass:
 Oh excellent, carry on
 I already know you do it
 innocently, for friendship.
 No malicious thoughts here, no sir.
Tenor:
 Stay here, glued to your wife
 I'm leaving, I'm off.
Soprano:
 Pippo has something in mind
 he's trying to imagine it, but can't.
Bass:
 I've a damn good suspicion
 and I don't know how to ignore it.
Soprano:
 They [his suspicions] are vague, night whispers,
 a thing they cannot know.
Tenor:
 I go and return, and how this all
 will end, only I know.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2013 by Christian Anderson.
This author's work falls under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons license.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
Line count: 35
Word count: 153