La regata veneziana

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La regata veneziana is a cycle of three songs by Gioacchino Rossini, published in 1835.

Excerpt:

Voga, o Tonio benedeto,
Voga, voga, arranca, arranca:
Beppe el suda el batte l'anca,
Poverazzo el nol pò più.

Caro Beppe el me vecchieto,
No straccarte col te remo;
Za ghe semo, za ghe semo,
Spinze, daghe, voga più.

Ziel pietoso, una novizza
C'ha el so ben nella regada,
Fala, o zielo, consolada,
No la far stentarde più.

English Translation:
The Venetian Regatta

Row, you blessed Tony,
row, row, pull away:
Beppe is sweating away at his oar,
poor fellow, he can't go on.

Dear Beppe, my old friend,
don't let your oar tire you;
now we're there, now we're there,
heave away, keep at it, row on!

Heaven have mercy on a young girl
who has a lover in the regatta.
Give her, o heaven, some comfort;
don't keep her on tenterhooks.