Vesti La Giubba

<br>(pagliacci)(on with the show)<br><br><br><br>Recitar!...mentre preso dal delirio<br><br>Non so piu quel che dico e quel che faccio!<br><br>Eppur...e duopo...sforzati! bah, sei tu forse un uom? <br><br>Tu se pagliaccio! vesti la giubba e la faccia infarina.<br><br>La gente paga e rider vuole qua.<br><br>E se arlecchin tinvola colombina, ridi, pagliaccio...<br><br>E ognum applaudira! tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto;<br><br>In una smorfia il singhiozzo el dolor...<br><br>Ridi pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!<br><br>Ridi del duol che tavvelena il cor!<br><br>Synopses<br><br>Canio, his wife nedda, and their troupe perform adulterous<br><br>Comedies in their traveling shows. this time, though, life imitates art. canio<br><br>Has just been warned that nedda is in the arms of another man. when canio<br><br>Arrives, the man is gone. tell me his name! he threatens. just at<br><br>That moment, they announce, its show time!<br><br>English translation<br><br>Go on stage, while Im nearly delirious? <br><br>I dont know what Im saying or what Im doing!<br><br>And yet, chin up! Ill try harder. bah, you think youre a man? <br><br>Youre just a clown! on with the show, man,<br><br>And put on your white-face.<br><br>The people pay you and you must make them laugh.<br><br>And if harlequin should steal your columbine, laugh,<br><br>Youre pagliaccio, and the world will clap for you!<br><br>Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow,<br><br>And with your clowns face hide grief and distress...<br><br>Laugh loud, pagliaccio, forget all of your troubles,<br><br>Laugh off the pain that so empoisons your heart.