Paroles et traduction Royal Philharmonic Orchestra feat. Sir Charles Mackerras - Quel guardo il cavaliere from Don Pasquale

Quel guardo il cavaliere from Don Pasquale

Quel guardo il cavaliere
In mezzo al cor trafisse,
Piegò i lginocchio e disse:
Son vostro cavalier.
E tanto era in quel guardo
Sapor di paradiso,
Che il cavalier Riccardo,
Tutto d'amor conquiso,
Giurò che ad altra mai,
Non volgeria il pensier."
Ah, ah!
Ah, ah!
So anch'io la virtu magica
D'un guardo a tempo e loco,
So anch'io come si bruciano
I cori a lento foco,
D'un breve sorrisetto
Conosco anch'io l'effetto,
Di menzognera lagrima,
D'un subito languor,
Conosco i mille modi
Dell'amorose frodi,
I vezzi e l'arti facili
Per adescare un cor.
Ho testa bizzarra,
Son pronta vivace,
Brillare mi piace scherzar:
Se monto in furore
Di rado sto al segno,
Ma in riso lo sdegno fo presto a cangiar,
Ho testa bizzarra,
Ma core eccellente, ah!

That Look, the Knight from Don Pasquale

That look, the knight
In the midst of my heart he pierced,
He bent his knee and said:
I am your knight.
And so much was in that look
A taste of paradise,
That the knight Richard,
All conquered by love,
Swore that to another never,
He would turn his thought.
Ah, ah!
Ah, ah!
I too know the magic virtue
Of a look at the right time and place,
I too know how hearts are burned
With a slow fire,
Of a brief smile
I know the effect too,
Of a lying tear,
Of a sudden weakness,
I know the thousand ways
Of amorous deceptions,
The easy graces and arts
To entice a heart.
I have a whimsical mind,
I am quick-witted and lively,
I like to shine, to joke:
If I get angry
I rarely stay within bounds,
But in laughter my anger quickly turns,
I have a whimsical mind,
But an excellent heart, ah!