il cuore! Pur mai non sentesi felice appieno chi su quel seno non liba amore! Refrain La donna è mobil' Qual piuma al vento, muta d'accento e di pensier'! Woman is flighty. Like a feather in the wind, she changes in voice and in thought. Always a lovely, pretty face, in tears or in laughter, it is untrue. Refrain Woman is fickle. Like a feather in the wind, she changes her words and her thoughts! Always miserable is he who trusts her, he who confides in her his unwary heart! Yet one never feels fully happy who from that bosom does not drink love! Refrain Woman is fickle. Like a feather in the wind, she changes her words, and her thoughts! Poetic adaptation Plume in the summerwind Waywardly playing Ne'er one way swaying Each whim obeying; Thus heart of womankind Ev'ry way bendeth, Woe who dependeth On joy she spendeth! Refrain Yes, heart of woman Ev'ry way bendeth Woe who dependeth On joy she spends. Sorrow and misery Follow her smiling, Fond hearts beguiling, falsehood assoiling! Yet all felicity Is her bestowing, No joy worth knowing Is there but wooing. Refrain Yes, heart of woman Ev'ry way bendeth Woe who dependeth On joy she spends. Popular culture The tune has been used in popular culture for a long time and for many occasions and purposes. Verdi knew that he had written a catchy tune, so he provided the score to the singer at the premiere, Raffaele Mirate, only shortly before the premiere and had him swear not to sing or whistle the song outside rehearsals. And indeed, people sang the tune the next day in the streets. Early, it became a barrel organ staple, and later was used extensively in television advertisements. Football fans chanted new words on the melody, and it was used in video games and films. When all of Italy was under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a video of opera singer Maurizio Marchini performing "La donna è mobile" and other arias and songs from his balcony in Florence went viral. References External links ; Luciano Pavarotti in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1982 film Rigoletto "La donna è mobile", translated by Randy Garrou, Aria Database Piano-vocal score, IMSLP Portrait of the aria in the online opera guide www.opera-inside.com 1851 compositions Arias by Giuseppe Verdi Compositions in B major Opera excerpts Tenor arias