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Viene di là, lontan, lontano 'l vento E me lo manda qui 'l mi' dolce amore Perché mi dica, nel suo strano accento, Tante belle parole in fondo al core... O vento lene, o lene venticello, Ritorna dal mi damo, dal mi' bello: Ritorna dal mi' damo, o vento lene, E digli che gli voglio tanto bene! E digli che gli voglio bene tanto, E che dal giorno ch'è partito via Ho sempre gli occhi rossi pel gran pianto E 'l core gonfio di malinconia... Diglielo, o venticello profumato, In quali condizioni m'hai lasciato... Digli del core mio tutti gli affanni E che ritorni presto e non m'inganni!
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Text Authorship:
- by Arturo Birga (1871 - 1959) [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Viene di là, lontan", P. 103 no. 3 (1915) [ voice and piano ], from Quattro Rispetti Toscani, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Joshua Breitzer) , "The breeze is blowing", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 108
The breeze is blowing from that far-distant place, sent here to me by my sweet beloved to utter, in its foreign tones, such fine words as to pierce my heart... O gentle breeze, o gentle little breeze, go back to my man, to my handsome love: go back to my man, o gentle breeze, and tell him how much I love him! And tell him how much I love him, and that ever since the day he went away my eyes have been red with weeping and my heart has been filled with sadness… Tell him, o perfumed little breeze, what sorrow he’s reduced me to… Tell him how my heart is breaking, to come home soon and not deceive me!
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2022 by Joshua Breitzer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Arturo Birga (1871 - 1959)
This text was added to the website: 2022-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 121