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by Carlo Pepoli, Conte (1796 - 1881)

La gita in gondola
 (Sung text for setting by G. Rossini)
 Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voli l'agile barchetta 
voga, voga marinar 
or ch'Elvira mia diletta
a me in braccio sfida il mar.

Brilla in calma la laguna
una vela non appar
palli detta e in ciel la luna
tutto in vita a sospirar.

Voga, voga marinar...

Se ad un bacio amor t'invita
non temer mio bel tesor
tu saprai che sia la vita 
sol nel bacio del amor.

Ma già un zeffiro sereno 
dolce ondeggia il mar...
vieni Elvira a questo sen'
vieni e apprendi a palpitar!

Voga, voga marinar...

Composition:

    Set to music by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La gita in gondola"

Text Authorship:

  • by Carlo Pepoli, Conte (1796 - 1881)

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

  • ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch) , "The gondola ride", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne) , "Un tour en gondole", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
  • GER German (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , "Die Gondelfahrt", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835


Researcher for this page: Johann Gaitzsch

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 85

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