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Quel guardo il cavaliere
Gaetano Donizetti

I look at the knight
in the middle of his heart he was pierced,
he bent his knee and said:
I am your knight!
And so much was in that glace
A taste of paradise,
that the Knight Riccardo,
all of love conquered,
he swore that to another never
Would not turn his thought.
Ah, ah! Ah, ah!
I know magic virtue too
of a time and place glance,
I know how to burn hearts
over a slow fire;
of a short smile
I also know the effect,
of false tear,
of a sudden faintness.
I know the thousand ways
of love frauds,
the easy ways and the arts
to seduce hearts.
I have a weird head,
I'm ready, lively ...
I like to shine
I like joking.
If I mount in fury,
I'm rarely at the sign,
but in laughter the indignation
I'll soon be able to change it.
I have a strange mind,
And a ready vivacity and it pleases me
If I go up in rage, there is no sign of calm
But I can go quickly into laughter.
I have a strange mind,
but excellent core.