Quando canti, la sera

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Sérénade

(Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER ITA

   Quand tu chantes, bercée
   Le soir entre mes bras,
   Entends-tu ma pensée
   Qui te répond tout bas ?
   Ton doux chant me rappelle
   Les plus beaux de mes jours...
      Chantez, ma belle !
      Chantez toujours !

   Quand tu ris, sur ta bouche
   L'amour s'épanouit,
   Et soudain le farouche 
 Soupçon s'évanouit.
   Ah ! le rire fidèle
   Prouve un cœur sans détours ! ... --
     Riez, ma belle !
     Riez toujours!

  Quand tu dors, calme et pure,
   Dans l'ombre, sous mes yeux,
   Ton haleine murmure
   Des mots harmonieux.
   Ton beau corps se révèle
   Sans voile et sans atours... --
     Dormez, ma belle,
     Dormez toujours !

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Composition:

Charles Gounod

German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Marie Tudor, Paris: J. Hetzel; Journée 1, Scene 5, first published 1833

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ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000-2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Felicjan Faleński) , "Śpiew przy gitarze", subtitle: "Z Wiktora Hugo"

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Serenata

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Gounod)

See original

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Quando canti, la sera, 
cullata fra le mie braccia, 
senti i miei pensieri 
che ti rispondono sottovoce? 
Il tuo dolce canto mi ricorda 
i giorni più belli. 
Canta, canta, mia bella, 
canta per sempre! 

Quando ridi, 
l'amore fiorisce sulle tue labbra, 
e subito il malvagio 
sospetto svanisce. 
Ah, il riso sincero svela 
un cuore senza inganni. 
Ridi, ridi, mia bella, 
ridi per sempre! 

Quando dormi, calma e pura sotto 
i miei occhi, nell'ombra, 
il tuo respiro sussurra 
parole armoniose. 
Il tuo bel corpo si rivela 
senza veli né ornamenti. 
Dormi, dormi, mia bella, 
dormi per sempre!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Gounod's version.

Translation of title "Sérénade" = "Serenata"

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Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Marie Tudor, Paris: J. Hetzel; Journée 1, Scene 5, first published 1833
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