So anch'io la virtu magica (from Don Pasquale)
Gaetano Donizetti
"Quel guardo, Ho testa bizzarra, | That look, pierced the knight in the middle of the heart, He folded his body, bent at his knees and said I am your knight. And so it was in that look a taste of paradise, That the knight Richard, Conquered by love, Swore that never to another, Woman would he ever think about." Ah, ah! I too know the magical power of a look at the right time and place, I know how the heart burns in slow fires, of a brief smile I know the effect, Of lying tears, On a sudden languor, I know a thousand ways love can fraud, The charms and arts are easy To fool the heart. I have a bizarre mind I possess a ready wit, I like joking: If I get furious I'm rarely able to remain calm, But my disdain can soon turn to laughter, I have a bizarre mind But an excellent heart, ah! |