Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
Giuseppe Verdi Lyrics


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La donna é mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento
E di pensiero

Sempre un amabile
Leggiadro viso
In pianto o in riso
E menzognero

La donna é mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento... e di pensier, e di pensier
E di pensier

É sempre misero
Chi a lei s'affida
Chi le confida
Mal cauto il core!
Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Chi su quel seno
Non liba amore!

La donna é mobil
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento




E di pensier, e di pensier
E di pensier

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Giuseppe Verdi's song "Rigoletto: La donna è mobile" describe the fickle nature of women. The first stanza compares women to feathers in the wind, emphasizing their changeability in both tone and thought. Women are always charming with delicate faces that can change from tears to laughter. However, they are also described as deceitful. The second stanza warns that those who trust women are always miserable, and anyone who loves a woman will never be completely happy unless they find true love.


Line by Line Meaning

La donna é mobile
Women are fickle and can change their minds easily


Qual piuma al vento
Like a feather in the wind


Muta d'accento
Her tone can change


E di pensiero
And her thoughts can change


Sempre un amabile
Always with a charming


Leggiadro viso
Beautiful face


In pianto o in riso
Whether she is crying or laughing


E menzognero
And will lie


É sempre misero
It is always miserable


Chi a lei s'affida
For those who trust her


Chi le confida
For those who confide in her


Mal cauto il core!
Their hearts are not cautious enough


Pur mai non sentesi
Yet there is no one


Felice appieno
Who feels completely happy


Chi su quel seno
Who, on that breast


Non liba amore!
Does not sip love!




Writer(s): Giuseppe Verdi, Miles Budd Goodman

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@mytimelessmelody6267

La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento
E di pensiero
Sempre un amabile
Leggiadro viso
In pianto o in riso
È mensognero
La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento
E di pensier
E di pensier
E di pensier
È sempre misero
Chi a lei s'affida
Chi le confida
Mal cauto il core
Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Qui su quel seno
Non liba amore
La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento
E di pensier
E di pensier
E di pensier



@knowledgeispower6141

La donna è mobile
qual piuma al vento
muta d'accento
E di pensiero.
Sempre un a mabile
leggiadro viso,
in pianto o in riso,
è mensognero.
La donna è mobile
qual piuma al vento,
muta d'accento
e di pensier,
e di pensier,
E di pensier!
E' sempre misero
chi a lei s'affida,
chi a le confida,
mal cauto il core!
Pur mai non sentesi
felice appieno
chi su quel seno,
non liba amore!
La donna è mobile
qual piuma al vento,
muta d'accento
e di pensier,
e di pensier,
e di pensier!



@hahe3598

La donna mobile
Qual piuma al vento
Muta d'accento

E di pensiero.

Sempre un a mabile
Leggiadro viso,
In pianto o in riso,
mensognero.

La donna mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d'accento
E di pensier,
E di pensier,

E di pensier!

E' sempre misero
Chi a lei s'affida,
Chi a le confida,
Mal cauto il core!

Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Chi su quel seno,
Non liba amore!

La donna mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d'accento
E di pensier,
E di pensier,
E di pensier!



@catherin77

@@terrywithrow1183 word-by-word:

Woman is flighty.
Like a feather in the wind,
she changes in voice
and in thought.

Always a lovely,
pretty face,
in tears or in laughter,
it’s untrue.

Refrain
Woman is flighty.
like a feather in the wind,
she changes in voice
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 from that bosom
does not drink love!

Refrain
Woman is flighty.
Like a feather in the wind,
she changes her words,
and her thoughts!



@catherin77

@@terrywithrow1183 Poetic:

Plume in the summerwind
Waywardly playing
Ne’er one way swaying
Each whim obeying;

Thus heart of womankind
Ev’ry way bendeth,
Woe who dependeth
On joy she spendeth!

Refrain
Yes, heart of woman
Ev’ry way bendeth
Woe who dependeth
On joy she spends.

Sorrow and misery
Follow her smiling,
Fond hearts beguiling,
falsehood assoiling!

Yet all felicity
Is her bestowing,
No joy worth knowing
Is there but wooing.

Refrain
Yes, heart of woman
Ev’ry way bendeth
Woe who dependeth
On joy she spends



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@annamarichev8969

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