O Mio Babbino Caro is a song sung by a daughter beseeching her father to allow her to marry her lover. She says that if he does not permit the marriage, she will jump off the old bridge into the Arno river and kill herself. Of course, when Anna Netrebko sings it, it is magical. https://www.youtube.c...
In Italiano
O mio babbino caro,
mi piace, è bello, bello.
Vo'andare in Porta Rossa
a comperar l'anello!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
e se l'amassi indarno,
andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
In English
Oh, my dear daddy,
I adore him, he is very handsome.
I want to go to Porta Rossa
to buy the ring!
Yes, yes, I want to go!
And if my love were in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio
and throw myself in the Arno!
I fret and I am tormented!
Oh God, I would like to die!
Daddy, have pity, have pity.
Daddy, have pity, have pity.
O mio babbino caro was written by Giovacchino Forzano & Giacomo Puccini.
Giacomo Puccini released O mio babbino caro on Sat Dec 14 1918.