Oh maiden, little maiden, | Oh maiden, little maiden

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by Aldo Fumagalli ( flourished 1915 )

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

O bimba, bimbetta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

O bimba, bimbetta,
  canta la cicala,
  danzi tu gaietta
  ne la gran sala.

Ed io a te ricanto,
  a te tutta graziosa,
  mentre il tuo lieve manto
  s’apre come rosa.

Ti voglio tanto bene
  e tu neppur lo sai,
  tu ridi a le mie pene
  e poi danzando vai.

Tu non mi dici nulla
  di ciò che in cor t’arride,
  e il labbro tuo, fanciulla,
  a me non sorride.

Ardentemente io canto,
  o dolce bimba mia!
  Io t’amo tanto tanto,
  più della vita mia!

Text Authorship:

by Aldo Fumagalli ( flourished 1915 ) [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 Gabriele Sibella , "O bimba, bimbetta", published 1915, copyright © 1915 [ voice and piano ], G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Oh maiden, little maiden,", 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: 2020-05-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 84

Oh maiden, little maiden,

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Oh maiden, little maiden,
  sing the cicada,
  dance your gaiety
  in the great hall.

And I sing it back to you,
  to you, all lovely,
  while your soft cloak
  opens like [a] rose.

I want you so much
  and you do not even know,
  you laugh at my sorrows
  and then go away dancing.

You do not say anything to me
  of that which in [your] heart smiles upon you,
  and your lips, young maiden,
  do not smile at me.

I sing passionately,
  oh my sweet maiden!
  I love you so, so much,
  more than my life!

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Aldo Fumagalli ( flourished 1915 )
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 97