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by Giuseppe Della Valle

T'affretta
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
La notte è scintillante di fiammelle,
O giovinetta!
Vieni a vedere quanto sono belle;
Scendi: t'affretta!

Una stellata conca pare il lago,
O giovinetta!
Vieni'a specchiarvi la tua dolce imago;
Scendi: t'affretta!

Il tempo fugge e porta via le stelle...
E non aspetta!
Se tu vuoi salutar le tue sorelle,
Scendi: t'affretta!

Mentre le guarderai qui sul mio core
Ti terrò stretta!
Ah! non temer!... verrà con noi l'Amore,
Nella barchetta!...

Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Della Valle  [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), "T'affretta" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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