Madamina! Il catalogo e questo,
Little lady! The catalog is this,

delle belle, che amo il padron mio!
of the beautiful ones, that loved my master!

Un catalogo egli e che ho fatto io:
It is a catalog that I have made;

osservate, leggete con me!
observe, read with me!

In Italia sei cento e quaranta,
In Italy six hundred and forty,

in Almagna due cento trent'una;
in Germany two hundred thirty-one;

cento in Francia, in Turchia novant'una,
(a) hundred in France, in Turkey ninety-one,

ma, [ma] in Ispagna, son gia mille
but, [but] in Spain, there-are already (a) thousand

e tre!
and three !

V'han fra queste contadine,
There are among [these] (them) country-girls,

v'han Contesse, Baronesse, Marchesane, Principesse,
there are countesses, baronesses, marchionesses, princesses,

e v'han donne d'ogni grado,
and there are ladies of every class,

d'ogni forma, d'ogni eta.
of every figure, of every age.

Nella bionda, egli ha l'usanza di lodar la gentilezza...
In the blonde, he has the habit of praising the gentility. . .

Nella bruna la costanza, nella bianca la dolcezza!
In the brunette the constancy, in the white the sweetness!

Vuol d'inverno la grassotta,
He wants in winter the fat one,

vuol d'estate la magrotta;
he wants in summer the lean one;

e la grande, maestosa;
and the tall, majestic one;

la piccina e, ognor vezzosa.
the little one is always delicate.

Delle vecchie fa conquista
Of the old ones he makes conquest

per piacer di porle in lista:
for (the) pleasure of putting them in list:

sua passion predominante e la giovin principiante
his passion prevailing is the young beginner,

non si picca, se sia ricca
not himself he picques, if she is rich,

se sia brutta, se sia bella!
if she is ugly, if she is beautiful!

Purche porti la gonnella,
Provided that she wears the skirt,

voi sapete quel che fa!
you know that which he does!