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Noi leggevamo insieme un giorno per diletto Una gentile istoria piena di mesti amor E senz'alcun sospetto ella sedeami [a lato]1 Sul libro avventurato intenta il guardo e il cor. L'onda dè suoi capelli il volto a me lambia Eco alla voce mia, Eco faceano i suoi sospir. Gli occhi dal libro alzando Nel suo celeste viso, Io vidi in un sorriso Riflesso il [mio desir]2. La bella mano al core strinsi di gioia ansante... Né più leggemmo avante... E cadde il libro al suol. Noi leggevamo insieme, Ah! Ah! Un lungo, ardente bacio congiunse i labbri aneli, E ad ignorati cieli L'alme spiegaro il vol.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with La Romanza italiana da salotto, ed. by Francesco Sanvitale, 2002.
1 Ponchielli: "accanto"
2 Ponchielli: "suo candor"
Text Authorship:
- by Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824 - 1893), "Storiella d'amore" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886), "Noi leggevamo insieme" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Storiella d'amore", 1883, from Musica popolare [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Noi leggeramo", 1882, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "We were reading together", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sergio Leone
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 109
We were reading together one day for fun A lovely story full of sad love And without any suspicion she sat next to me Her eyes and heart intent on the book. The wave of her hair caressed my face Her sighs were the echo to my voice. She look up from the book and in her heavenly face I saw her innocence reflected in her smile. I pressed her lovely hand to my heart panting with joy... We read no further and the book fell to the floor. We were reading together, ah! ah! A long passionate kiss brought our ardent lips together And our souls flew to unknown skies.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2012 by Kyle Gee, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824 - 1893), "Storiella d'amore"
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 111