Quando me'n vo' soletta per la via, la gente sosta e mira, e la bellezza mia tutta ricerca in me, ricerca in me Da capo a' piè.
Ed assaporo allor la bramosia sottil che dagli occhi traspira e dai palesi vezzi intender sa alle occulte beltà. Così l’effluvio del desìo tutta m'aggira, felice mi fa!
E tu che sai, che memori e ti struggi, da me tanto rifuggi?
So ben: le angosce tue non le vuoi dir, non le vuoi dir, so ben, ma ti senti morir!
In English
When I walk When I walk alone in the street People stop and stare at me And everyone looks at my beauty, Looks at me From head to foot.
And then I relish the sly yearning Which escapes from their eyes And which is able to perceive My most hidden beauties. Thus the scent of desire is all around me, And it makes me happy!
And you who know, who remember and yearn, You shrink from me?
I know it very well: You do not want to express your anguish, I know so well that you do not want to express it but you feel as if you are dying!
"Quando me'n vo", also known as "Musetta's Waltz", is a soprano aria from Act 2 of Puccini's famous opera La bohème.
Main female protagonist, Musetta used to be a young and beautiful music teacher. At New Year’s eve, Musetta runs across his old lover, Marcello, a poet in poverty. Musetta still loves Marcello, and finds out that Marcello, though pretending not to pay attention to her, still cars about her. However, with the presence of her current lover, a rich old merchant, Musetta can not greet Marcellok openly. Therefore, Musetta decides to show off her charm to catch all guys’ attention. She tries every tricks and wisdoms until Marcello can no longer control himself by dashing to her and tightly hugging her with a long and passionate kiss.
