She’s fallen ill | She’s fallen ill, she’s taken to her bed

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by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Ella è malata, ella s'è messa in letto

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ella è malata, ella s'è messa in letto
La povera Biondina! E son d'avviso
Che Dio la voglia fare un Angioletto
Del Paradiso.

Oh! Madonnina! Il Ciel n'ha pu già tante
Anime elette!   Lasciami costei!
E se non lice, fammi sull'istante
Morir con lei!

Come colombe al tuo santo appello
Noi volerem chiamati dal desio;
La tomba è forse il talamo più bello
Dato da Dio!

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Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ella è malata", CG. 348 (1872) [ voice and piano ], from Biondina, poème musical, no. 10, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) ; composed by Charles Gounod.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "She’s fallen ill", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

She’s fallen ill

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

She’s fallen ill, she’s taken to her bed
Poor Biondina! And I worry
That God will transform her into a little angel
of paradise.

Oh! Blessed Virgin! Heaven already has so many
Souls of the elect! Leave me hers!
And if this can’t be, let me instantly
Die with her!

Like doves, at your sacred call
We’ll take wing, summonded by desire;
The tomb may be the most beautiful bed
God can give!

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 73