O mio babbino caro

Mi piace è bello, bello

Vo’andare in Porta Rossa

A comparar 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 Translation:]



Oh my dear father, 

I like him, he is very 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 pining and I am tormented, 

Oh God! I would want to die!