O mio babbino caro
Giacommo Puccini Lyrics
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mi piace è bello, bello;
vo'andare in Porta Rossa
a comperar l'anello!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
e se l'amassi indarno,
andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
The lyrics of Giacomo Puccini's song O mio babbino caro, which translates to "Oh, my dear papa", come from the opera Gianni Schicchi, which tells a story of a wealthy, dying man who tricks his greedy relatives into giving him what he wants. In this aria, the character Lauretta is pleading with her father to let her marry the man she loves, Rinuccio. She expresses her desire to go to Porta Rossa to buy the engagement ring, but if her love is in vain, she would rather jump off the Ponte Vecchio into the Arno River than to live without him. She is anguished and tortured by her unrequited love to the point that she cries out for a merciful death.
Line by Line Meaning
O mio babbino caro,
Oh my dear daddy,
mi piace è bello, bello;
I like him, he's handsome and beautiful;
vo'andare in Porta Rossa
I want to go to Porta Rossa
a comperar l'anello!
to buy an engagement ring!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
Yes, yes, I want to go there!
e se l'amassi indarno,
And if my love is in vain,
andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
I would go to Ponte Vecchio,
ma per buttarmi in Arno!
To throw myself in the Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
I am in agony and torment!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Oh God, I wish I could die!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
Daddy, have mercy, have mercy!
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@claudiuvartolomei3900
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini a fost un compozitor italian de muzică de operă, reprezentant al curentului artistic realist numit în Italia verismo. Wikipedia
Născut: 22 decembrie 1858, Lucca, Italia
Decedat: 29 noiembrie 1924, Regiunea Capitalei Bruxelles, Belgia
Soție: Elvira Gemignani (căs. 1904–1924)
Copii: Antonio Puccini
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