| Without the least excuse
| Senza la minima scusa
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| Or the slightest provocation,
| O la minima provocazione,
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| May I fondlyduce,
| Posso convincere con affetto,
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| For your mental delectation,
| Per la tua gioia mentale,
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| The names that always give me a concussion,
| I nomi che mi danno sempre una commozione cerebrale,
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| The names of those composers known as Russian.
| I nomi di quei compositori noti come russi.
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| There’s Malichevsky, Rubinstein, Arensky, and Tschaikowsky,
| Ci sono Malichevsky, Rubinstein, Arensky e Tschaikowsky,
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| Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky,
| Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky,
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| Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko,
| Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko,
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| Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko.
| Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko.
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| There’s Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky,
| Ci sono Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky,
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| There’s Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff, and Kvoschinsky.
| Ci sono Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff e Kvoschinsky.
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| And Sokoloff and Kopyloff, Dukelsky, and Klenowsky,
| E Sokoloff e Kopyloff, Dukelsky e Klenowsky,
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| And Shostakovitsch, Borodine, Gli | E Shostakovich, Borodine, Gli |