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