Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net
If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.
Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
Già la notte s'avvicina:
Vieni, o Nice, amato bene,
Della placida marina
Le fresch' aure a respirar.
Non sa dir che sia diletto
Chi non posa in queste arene,
Or che un lento zeffiretto
Dolcemente increspa il mar.
Lascia una volta, o Nice,
Lascia le tue capanne. Unico albergo
Non è già del piacere
La selvaggia dimora;
Hanno quest'onde i suoi diletti ancora.
Qui, se spiega la notte il fosco velo,
Nel mare emulo al cielo
Più placide, più belle
Moltiplicar le stelle,
E per l'onda vedrai gelida e bruna
Rompere i raggi e scintillar la luna.
Il giorno al suon d'una ritorta conca,
Che nulla cede alle incerate avene,
Se non vuoi le mie pene,
Di Teti, e Galatea, di Glauco, e Dori
Ti canterò gli amori.
E tu vedrai dal mar sul vicin prato
Pascer le molli erbette
Le tue care agnellette,
Non offese dal sol fra ramo e ramo:
E con la canna e l'amo
I pesci intanto insidiar potrai;
E sarà la mia Nice
Pastorella in un punto e pescatrice.
Non più fra' sassi algosi
Staranno i pesci ascosi;
Tutti per l'onda amara,
Tutti verranno a gara
Fra' lacci del mio ben.
E l'umidette figlie
De' tremuli cristalli
Di pallide conchiglie,
Di lucidi coralli
Le colmeranno il sen.
Composition:
- Set to music by Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686 - 1768), "Cantata Sesta", S. 45 [ soprano and continuo ]
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 10. La pesca
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Margaret Smythe) , "Already night is approaching", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Déjà la nuit s'approche", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Johannes Becker) , "Schon naht die Nacht", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David K. Smythe , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 218
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... No more among algae-covered stones Shall the fish remain hidden All of them by the bitter wave, All shall come in a race Into the traps of my beloved. And the wet daughters Of the tremulous crystals, Of the pale shells, Of the shiny corals, They shall fill his/her/their breast.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 10. La pesca
Go to the general single-text view
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-07
Line count: 42
Word count: 51