Lae donder mobili En soo moretsa

English translation: a bastardisation of "La donna è mobile' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

12:20 Oct 8, 2004
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Play
Italian term or phrase: Lae donder mobili En soo moretsa
Lines from a song.
Alexandra Vaz
English translation:a bastardisation of "La donna è mobile' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
Explanation:
It's from a South African play. am not
see this ref.

Arts & Culture Trust - ACT - South Africa
... The last is particularly apt, given that the very first words Buks speaks in Fugard's play are "Lae donder mobili" - his attempt to remember the aria La donna ...
www.act.org.za/projects_vsong.htm -

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pls ignore \'am not\'. was going to say I\'m not surprised this is the result because it\'s the first thing that came to mind when I saw \"Lae donder mobili\" :-)
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3 +6a bastardisation of "La donna è mobile' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
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a bastardisation of "La donna è mobile' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto.


Explanation:
It's from a South African play. am not
see this ref.

Arts & Culture Trust - ACT - South Africa
... The last is particularly apt, given that the very first words Buks speaks in Fugard's play are "Lae donder mobili" - his attempt to remember the aria La donna ...
www.act.org.za/projects_vsong.htm -

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-10-08 12:27:52 GMT)
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pls ignore \'am not\'. was going to say I\'m not surprised this is the result because it\'s the first thing that came to mind when I saw \"Lae donder mobili\" :-)

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