by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Mandina amabile
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): 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.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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.
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
Line count: 35
Word count: 153