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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Jeremy Sagnier

Un bacio di mano

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE LIT

Un bacio di mano 
Vi fa maraviglia,
E poi bella figlia 
Volete sposar. 

Voi siete un po' tondo, 
Mio caro Pompeo, 
L'usanze del mondo 
Andate a studiar. 

Un uom, che si sposa 
Che giovin vezzosa, 
A certi capricci, 
Dee pria rinunciar. 
Dee libere voglie lasciar alla moglie, 
Dee sempre le porte aperte lasciar, 
Dee chiudere gli occhi, gli orecchi, la bocca, 
Se il re degli sciocchi no vuole sembrar.

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), "Un bacio di mano", K. 541 (1787) [ bass, orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "A kiss on her hand", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Jeremy Sagnier) , "Un baise-main", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Rankos bučinys", copyright © 2023, (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: 16
Word count: 69

Un baise‑main

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Un baise-main
Vous émerveille
Et la belle fille
Vous voulez épouser.

Vous êtes un peu sot,
Mon cher Pompeo,
Les usages du mondes
Allez donc étudier.

Un homme qui épouse
Quelque jolie jeune fille
A certaines fantaisies
Doit renoncer.
Il doit laisser son épouse faire à sa guise,
Il doit toujours laisser sa porte ouverte,
Il doit fermer les yeux, les oreilles, la bouche
S'il ne veut pas passer pour le roi des imbéciles.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Jeremy Sagnier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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: 2013-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 74