Songs

Caro mio druck und schluck

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Translation

My dear, Squeeze and sip
English translation © Anon.

Konstanze:
Caro mio Squeeze and Sip,
Caro mio Sip and Squeeze,
Ti lascio, oh Dio, round as a ball,
Che affano! Half an ounce’s no pound.
Quello l’adira,
We can do nothing about it,
Caro Cobotchi,
Pietà, it’s eight already,
Un pò di carità,
Or else we’ll sh . . .! Ah!

Mozart
Cara mia bagatellerl,
Io parto, tu resti, Pointy-nose,
Oh Dio! tu resti, Pointy-nose,
Che pena! che tormento!
When it rains, it’s wet.
Quello l’adira,
We can do nothing about it,
Caro Cobotchi!
Pietà, it’s eight already,
Un pò di carità,
Or else we’ll sh - - -! Ah!

First Friend:
Perfidi! Barbari! Belui! Mostri!
Tiranni, scoundrel, rabble,
Scum! Scum!
Vedrete, you’ll sh . . . in your pants.
Tacci, tacci! Dumma tacci, a te tacci,
A te lacci! lacci! tacci! lacci! tacci!
Al diavolo, ragamuffins!
I’ll wring your neck yet.
Son risoluto,
I want some snuff.

Second Friend:
Amico, don’t get so upset,
Eh quel ch’è stato is done.
A me taci? a me laci?
Lacci! lacci! tacci!, lacci! tacci! lacci?
Pietà, pietà di me,
The fleas are biting me already

Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,[b] was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.  Read more here.

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