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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

La pastorella
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  SPA
Una vaga pastorella 
che due lustri appena avea, 
semplicetta, scinta e scalza, 
stava l'oche a guardar sotto una balza;
e mentre alla conocchia il fil traea, 
lieta così canterellar solea: 

"S'io son bella son per me. 
Non mi curo avere amanti; 
e mi rido dei lor pianti, 
dei sospiri e degli oimè. 

Per un grembo di bei fiori 
mille amanti io donerei, 
che con tanti piagnistei 
han l'appalto dei dolori.
Dolce cosa ognor mi pare 
con Lirinda e con Lisetta 
lo sdraiarmi sull'erbetta 
d'un bel prato, e merendare. 

È il più bel piacer del mondo 
far sul prato a mosca cieca 
ed al suon d'una ribeca 
far saltando il ballo tondo. 

Guancial d'oro, scalda mano, 
son trastullo a me gradito. 
Pigli pur, chi vuol, marito. 
Io non ho pensier sì strano."

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "La pastorella", from Quattro scherzi per musica di Messer Francesco Redi, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La pastorcilla", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Juan Henríquez Concepción

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-01
Line count: 26
Word count: 131

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