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by Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824 - 1893)

Noi leggevamo insieme un giorno per...
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
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.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Ponchielli 

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Confirmed 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] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Storiella d'amore", 1883, from Musica popolare [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Noi leggeramo", 1882, unpublished [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Kyle Gee) , title 1: "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

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