Fior di ginestra
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG GER
A
Fior di ginestra,
io sono lo scolar, voi la maestra.
Guardandovi ne'l volto tutto imparo:
voi la maestra siete, io lo scolaro!
B
Così dicea la dolce serenata,
così dicea la serenata mesta...
Dunque, su'l volto mio,
imparasti l'oblío?
A
Fior di viola,
sconsolata fra tutte è un'alma sola:
su'l suo sentier non brilla amor né speme.
Vogliamo, o bella, far la strada insieme?
B
Così dicea la dolce serenata,
così dicea la serenata mesta...
A
Vogliamo, o bella, far la strada insieme?
B
Ed ora... ove sei tu?
Vedi, son sola!
e piango, e piango, e piango!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Peter Rastl) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 24
Word count: 99
Broom flower
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
A:
Broom flower,
I am the student, you are the master.
Gazing into your face, I learn everything:
you are the master, I the student!
B:
Like that, went the sweet serenade,
like that, went the sad serenade...
So, from my face,
did you learn oblivion?
A:
Violet flower,
unhappiest of all is a lonely soul:
on its path neither love nor hope shines.
Do you want, O beauty, to walk together?
B:
Like that, went the sweet serenade,
like that, went the sad serenade...
A:
Do you want, O beauty, to walk together?
B:
And now… where are you?
Look, I’m alone!
and I weep, I weep, I weep!
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 110