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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Fa la nana bambin
Language: Italian - Venetian (dialect) 
Our translations:  ENG
Fa la nana, bambin,
Fa la nana bel bambin,
Nei brazeti de la mama,
Fa la nina, fa la nana.

Chè la mama xe qua,
El papa el tornarà.
Fa la nina, fa la nana,
Nei brazeti de la mama.

E se lu no ‘l tornarà,
La sua mama la pianzarà.
Ma ‘l bambin no ‘l vedarà
Perchè nana lu ‘l farà!

Fa la nana, bambin,...

Text Authorship:

  • 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 Eugenia Scarpa (1886 - 1968), as Geni Sadero, "Fa la nana bambin", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], Milan: Società Anonima Notari [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Go beddy-bye little baby", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 66

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