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by Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860 - 1934)

Marechiare
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Quando sorge la luna a Marechiare,
perfino i pesci tremano d'amore,
si sconvolgono l'onde in grembo al mare,
e per la gioia cangiano colore.

A Marechiare sorride un balcone,
la passione mia vi batte l'ale:
l'acqua canta di sotto una canzone,
un garofano olezze al davanzale.

Chi dice che le stelle son lucenti,
degli occhi tuoi non vide lo splendore!
Li conosco io ben quei raggi ardenti!
Ne scendono le punte in questo core!

Destati, che la sera è tutto incanto,
e mai per tanto tempo io t'ho aspettata!
Per accoppiar gli accordi al mesto canto,
stasera una chitarra ho qui portata!

An alternate form of the text follows:
Quanno sponta la luna a Marechiare
pure li pisce nce fann’ a l’ammore,
se revotano l’onne de lu mare,
pe la priezza cagneno culore
quanno sponta la luna a Marechiare.
A Marechiare nce sta na fenesta,
pe’ la passione mia nce tuzzulea,
nu carofano adora int’a na testa,
passa l’acqua pe sotto e murmuléa,
A Marechiare nce sta na fenesta
A Marechiare, a Marechiare,
nce sta na fenesta.

Text Authorship:

  • by Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860 - 1934) [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), "Marechiare" [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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