Lyrics of Rossini: La fioraia fiorentina - Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Джоаккино Россини

Rossini: La fioraia fiorentina (original)

I più bei fior comprate
Fanciulli, amanti e spose:
Son fresche le mie rose
Non spiran che l’amor
Ahime!
Soccorso implora
Mia madre, poveretta
E da me sola aspetta
Del pan e non dell’or

(translation)

Buy the most beautiful flowers
Children, lovers and brides:
My roses are fresh
Only love expires
Alas!
Relief begs
My mother, poor thing
And from me alone she waits
Of the pan and not of the hour