Swobodin v Brně

I had a problem with a friend who enjoys listening to Charles Aznavour loudly. I don’t appreciate that singer (it’s just a personal preference) so I threatened him to sing loudly with my awfully bad voice … an Opera song!
As the most famous aria I know is Verdi’s La dona è mobile, I learned the first part and performed it to show that I am serious. It seems that my voice was worse than I expected because my threat took effect and he now puts headspeakers when listening to Aznavour !
Regarding the aria, I thought it was a romantic song written for a woman that Verdi used to love or something like that, but I found out it was just a satiric, cynical and sexist act that describes woman as evil! The opera is called opera Rigoletto, that could explain it.
Here is the lyrics with English translation, taken from Wikipedia.

La donna è mobile, qual piùma al vento,
Woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d’accento, e di pensiero.
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
Sempre un amabile, leggiadro viso,
Always a sweet, pretty face,
in pianto o in riso, è menzognero.
in tears or in laughter, always lying
La donna è mobile, qual piùma al vento,
Woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d’accento, e di pensier
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
e di pensier, e di pensier
and her thoughts, and her thoughts
 
È sempre misero, chi a lei s’affida,
Always miserable, he that trusts in her
chi le confida, mal cauto il core!
who confides in her, his unwary heart!
Pur mai non sentesi felice appieno
Yet nobody feels fully happy
chi su quel seno non liba amore!
who on that bosom doesn’t drink love,
La donna è mobil, qual piùma al vento,
Woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d’accento e di pensier,
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
e di pensier, e di pensier!
and her thoughts, and her thoughts!

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