Madamina, Il Catalogo È Questo (Opera Don Giovanni)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madam, This is the Catalogue (Opera Don Giovanni)
LEPORELLO
Madam, this is the catalogue
Of the beauties my master loved
It's a catalogue that I made
Observe, read with me
In Italy six hundred and forty
In Germany two hundred and thirty-one
One hundred in France, in Turkey ninety-one
But in Spain there are already a thousand and three!
Among these there are peasants
Maids and city girls
There are countesses, baronesses
Marchionesses, princesses
And there are women of every rank
Of every shape, of every age
In Italy, etc.
With blondes he has the habit
Of praising their kindness
With brunettes their constancy
With the fair their sweetness
He wants the plump one in winter
He wants the slender one in summer
The tall one is majestic
The small one is always charming
He conquers the old ones
For the pleasure of putting them on the list
But the predominant passion
Is for the young beginner
He doesn't care if she's rich
If she's ugly, if she's beautiful
As long as she wears a skirt
You know what he does! etc