O mio babbino caro (Oh my dear papa) aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918)
by Giacomo Puccini (music) and Giovacchino Forzano (libretto)

Music score O mio babbino caro by Puccini (Private collection)

italian A 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 !

english O my dear papa I like him, he is handsome, handsome I want to go to Porta Rossa To buy the ring ! Yes, yes, I want to go there ! And if my love were in vain, I would go to Ponte Vecchio And throw myself in the Arno ! I am aching, I am tortured ! Oh, God, I’d like to die ! Father, have pity, have pity ! Father, have pity, have pity !

french O mon cher petit papa Il me plait tant, il est beau, beau !  Je veux aller à Porta Rossa Acheter l’anneau nuptial ! Si, si, je veux y aller ! Et si je l’aimais en vain, J’irais au Ponte Vecchio Pour me jeter dans l’Arno. Je me débats, je me tourmente ! O mon Dieu, je voudrais mourir ! Mon cher petit papa, pitié, pitié !  Mon cher petit papa, pitié, pitié!