The last song | They told me that tomorrow

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by Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938)

Translation © by Antonio Giuliano

L'ultima canzone

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG JPN SPA SPA

M'han detto che domani
Nina vi fate sposa,
Ed io vi canto ancor la serenata.
Là nei deserti piani
Là,ne la valle ombrosa,
Oh quante volte a voi l'ho ricantata!

Foglia di rosa
O fiore d'amaranto
Se ti fai sposa
Io ti sto sempre accanto.

Domani avrete intorno
Feste sorrisi e fiori
Nè penserete ai nostri vecchi amori.
Ma sempre notte e giorno
Piena di passione
Verrà gemendo a voi la mia canzone.

Foglia di menta
O fiore di granato,
Nina, rammenta 
I baci che t'ho dato!

Ah! ... Ah! ...

Text Authorship:

by Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938) [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), "L'ultima canzone", 1905 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "The last song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "最後の歌", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "La ultima canción", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "La última canción ", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 89

The last song

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 They told me that tomorrow
 Nina, you will be a bride.
 yet still I sing my serenade to you!
 Up on the barren plateau,
 down in the shady valley,
 Oh, how often I have sung it to you! 
 
 Rose-petal
 O flower of amaranth,
 though you marry,
 I shall be always near.
 
 Tomorrow you'll be surrounded
 by celebration, smiles and flowers,
 and will not spare a thought for our past love;
 yet always, by day and by night,
 with passionate moan
 my song will sigh to you.
 
 Mint-flower,
 O flower of pomegranate,
 Nina, remember
 the kisses I gave you!
 
 Ah! ... Ah! ...

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 101