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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."
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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 checked 1 time]
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- 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
Una hermosa pastorcilla, que apenas tenía dos lustros, simplona, medio desnuda y descalza, miraba las ocas bajo un risco; y mientras enhebraba el hilo, así quieta solía canturrear: "Si soy bella es por mí. No me preocupa tener amantes; y me río de sus llantos, suspiros y tormentos. Por un ramillete de bellas flores miles de amantes donaré, que con tanto lloro han contraído los dolores. Siempre me parece algo dulce con Lirinda y con Lisetta reposar sobre la hierbita de un hermoso prado, y merendar. Es el placer más bello del mundo jugar en el prado a la gallina ciega y al sonido de un rabel bailar dando saltos. La almohada de oro, mano cálida, es el coqueteo que me gusta. Tenga entonces, quien quiera, marido. No tengo ese pensamiento tan extraño"
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-01
Line count: 26
Word count: 133
