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Italian
Original lyrics
In uomini, in soldati
In uomini, in soldati
Sperare fedeltà?
ridendo
Non vi fate sentir, per carità!
Di pasta simile
Son tutti quanti:
Le fronde mobili,
L'aure incostanti
Han più degli uomini
Stabilità.
Mentite lagrime,
Fallaci sguardi,
Voci ingannevoli,
Vezzi bugiardi,
Son le primarie
Lor qualità.
In noi non amano
Che il lor diletto;
Poi ci dispregiano,
Neganci affetto,
Né val da' barbari
Chieder pietà.
Paghiam, o femmine,
D'ugual moneta
Questa malefica
Razza indiscreta;
Amiam per comodo,
Per vanità!
La ra la, la ra la, la ra la, la.
Submitted by 
Klaarzin on 2023-09-30
Klaarzin on 2023-09-30English
Translation
In men, in soldiers
In men, in soldiers
you hope for loyalty?
laughs
Let no one hear that, for goodness' sake!
Of the same stuff
they all are made:
swirling leaves,
changing breezes
are more constant
than men.
Fake tears,
deceitful glances,
feigning voices,
false charms,
are their main
qualities.
In us they love
only their pleasure;
then they disparage us,
deny us affection,
It's no use to ask brutes
for pity.
Let us, women,
pay with equal coin
this malign,
impudent breed;
Let's love for convenience,
for vanity!
La ra la, la ra la, la ra la, la.
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Comments
Russia is waging a disgraceful war on Ukraine. Stand With Ukraine!
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The sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella hear that their fiancés are being sent off to war. This is made up to test their loyalty. The sisters are upset. Despina's reaction in this aria is that in love, all men are deceivers.