Wednesday, 22 June 2011

June 22, 2011 (La Donna È Mobile - Rigoletto)

Aria: La Donna È Mobile
Language: Italian
Performer: Luciano Pavarotti
Opera: Rigoletto
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi 
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
First Performed: 1851


Translation of the text:

This woman is flighty
Like a feather in the wind,
She changes in voice — and in thought.
Always sweet,
Pretty face,
In tears or in laughter, — she is a liar.

Refrain
The woman is flighty
Like a feather in the wind,
She changes in voice and in thought,
And in thought!
And in thought!
Always miserable
Is he who trusts her,
He who confides in her — his unwary heart!
Yet one never feels
Fully happy
Who on that bosom — does not drink love!
Refrain
Woman is flighty
Like a feather in the wind,
She changed her words,
And her thoughts!
And her thoughts!

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