The fisher of rings | There once were three sisters

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Bonnie Pomfret

La pesca dell'anello

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ell'eran tre sorelle, 
e tutt' e tre d'amò'
Rosetta, la più bella,
si mise a naviga'.
Nel navigar che fece,
l'anello gli cascò.
- O pescator dell'onde,
vieni a pescar più qua!
Pescami lo mio anello,
che m'è cascato in mar.
- Quando l'avrò pescato,
cosa mi vuoi donà'?
- Cento zecchini d'oro,
'na borsa recamà.
- Non vo' tanti zecchini,
né borsa recamà'.
Solo un bacin d'amore,
se tu me lo vo' da'.
- Cosa dirà la gente
che ci vedrà baciar?
- Dirà che l'è l'amore,
che ce l'ha fatto fa'!

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "La pesca dell'anello", from Tre Canzoni, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Bonnie Pomfret) , title 1: "The fisher of rings", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 87

The fisher of rings

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

There once were three sisters,
and all of them fit to love.
Rosetta, the most beautiful,
decided to go off to sea.
On her ocean voyage,
her ring fell off.
O fisherman of the waves,
come fish closer!
Fish out my ring,
that fell in the sea.
- When I have fished it out,
  what would you like to give me?
One Hundred golden coins,
  an embroidered purse.
- I don't want so many coins,
  nor an embroidered purse.
  Only a loving kiss,
  if you want to give one to me.
- What will people say,
  seeing us kiss?
- They will say
  that love has made it happen.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 22
Word count: 105