family (2X)
Little children, yours and mine
Yours and mine (3X)
Little children, yours and mine (2X).
Po: First, there’s a little Papageno!
Pa: Then, there’s a little Papagena!
Po: Then, there’s another Papageno!
Pa: Then there’s another Papagena!
Both: Papageno! Papagena! (3X)
Pa: It is the greatest of all feelings.
Po: It is the greatest of all feelings
Pa: So many, many
Po: So many, many Papagenos!

Both: Pa-pa-papagenos
Pa-pa-papagenas, etc.
That such a blessing could be mine.
Po: It is the greatest of all feelings
Pa: It is the greatest of all feelings
Po: So many many
Pa: So many many
Both: Papageno, Papageno, Pa-pa-papagenos

Refrain: That such a blessing could be mine
Both: Pa-pa-pa-papapageno etc.
Repeat Refrain: (2X)
That such a blessing could be mine (2X)
Both: Pa-pa-pa-papapageno etc.

Po: Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pagena (etc.)
Pa: Pa-pa-pa-pa-pageno (etc.)
Po: Are you now entirely mine?
Pa: Yes, I’m now entirely yours.
Po: Then be my darling little sweetheart.
Pa: For my whole life you’re my sweetheart.
Both: My little sweetheart (2X)
Po: Won’t that truly be divine?
Pa: Won’t that truly be divine!
Po: When the gods reward us amply.
Pa: When the gods reward us amply.
Both: Crown our love; give us a