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Dicitencello a 'sta cumpagna vosta C'aggio perduto 'o suonno e 'a fantasia, C' 'a penzo sempe, Ch'è tutt' 'a vita mia! I' nce 'o vvulesse dicere, Ma nun nce 'o ssaccio dì. 'A voglio bbene, 'A voglio bbene assaje! Dicitencello vuje Ca nun mm' 'a scordo maje! È 'na passione, Cchiù forte 'e 'na catena, Ca me turmenta ll'anema E nun me fa campà! 'Na lacrema lucente v'è caduta, Diciteme 'nu poco a che penzate? Cu 'st'uocchie doce Vuje sola me guardate! Levammoce 'sta maschera, Dicimmo 'a verità! Te voglio bbene, Te voglio bbene assaje! Sì tu chesta catena Ca nun se spezza maje! Suonno gentile, Suspiro mio carnale, Te cerco comm'a ll'aria, Te voglio pe' campà!
Text Authorship:
- by Enzo Fusco (1899 - 1951) [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 Rodolfo Falvo (1874 - 1936), "Dicitencello vuie" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Just tell her", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Dígale usted", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Danilo Serrano
This text was added to the website: 2006-10-17
Line count: 28
Word count: 117
Just tell her that her admirer is lost in dreams and imagination and thinks of her always. All my life I've wanted to tell her but don't know how to say it! I want her so much I want her so very much Tell her that I'll never forget her! The passion I feel... is stronger than a chain that torments my soul and makes me not want to live. Just tell her she's like roses in May, that she is more beautiful than a sunny day... From her lips that are fresher than violets I just want to hear that she's in love with me! I see glistening tears falling Tell me a little what your thinking... Your sweet eyes look right through me So now I must raise this mask, and tell the truth. I want you so much, I want you so very much This bond between us will never break! Sweet dreams ... My hopes and desires look for you in the air and I want you to live forever!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2006 by Anne Evans, (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 Enzo Fusco (1899 - 1951)
This text was added to the website: 2006-10-17
Line count: 30
Word count: 173