April | Do you not smell in the air

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by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Aprile

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG GER SPA SPA

Non senti tu ne l'aria
il profumo che spande Primavera?
Non senti tu ne l'anima 
il suon de nova voce lusinghiera? 
È l'April! È la stagion d'amore! 
Deh! vieni, o mia gentil 
su' prati'n fiore!

Il piè trarrai fra mammole,
avrai su'l petto rose e cilestrine,
e le farfalle candide
t'aleggeranno intorno al nero crine.
È l'April! È la stagion d'amore!
Deh! vieni, o mia gentil 
su' prati'n fiore!

Text Authorship:

by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914) [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Aprile", 1882, published 1884 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "April", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "April", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Susanne Staudinger) , "April", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Abril", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Abril", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

April

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Do you not smell in the air
the perfume that Spring breathes out?
Do you not hear in your soul
the sound of a new, enticing voice?
It's April! It's the season of love!
Come, lovely one, 
to the flowery meadow!

Your foot will tread among violets,
you will wear roses and bluebells,
and the white butterflies
will flutter around your black hair.
It's April! It's the season of love!
Please come, my lovely one, 
to the flowery meadow!

Text Authorship:

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 79