| Italian Text
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| La donna? |
| mobile
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| Qual piuma al vento,
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| Muta d’accento — e di pensiero.
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| Sempre un amabile,
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| Leggiadro viso,
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| In pianto o in riso, —? |
| menzognero.
|
| ? |
| sempre misero
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| Chi a lei s’affida,
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| Chi le confida — mal cauto il cuore!
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| Pur mai non sentesi
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| Felice appieno
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| Chi su quel seno — non liba amore!
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| English Translation of «La donna e mobile»
|
| Woman is flighty
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| Like a feather in the wind,
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| She changes her voice — and her mind.
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| Always sweet,
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| Pretty face,
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| In tears or in laughter, — she is always lying.
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| Always miserable
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| Is he who trusts her,
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| He who confides in her — his unwary heart!
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| Yet one never feels
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| Fully happy
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| Who on that bosom — does not drink love! |