Original language: Cinque Canzonette veneziane "da battello"
Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2006 by Anne Evans, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
I still can't be cured of my love.
and  wound me  every time.
with your beautiful little face.
Beta, you'll make yourself ill!
and now you are  thin like a streetlamp.
even though you don't know it.
and doesn't want  to brighten up.
I am here always for you.
I am in such pain.
Ah, your image is locked in my heart.
let's go to enjoy ourselves, gallant young lads.
for the fruit of love is full of pains and tears.
Let's go and enjoy ourselves, gallant young lads!
echo the sounds, make a din.
Let's go and enjoy ourselves gallant young lads!