Una ninna nanna | Si chinano gli angeli, sul tuo lettino

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by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

An angel's lullaby

(Sung text for setting by S. Ebel)

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Language: English

Our translations: ITA

The angels are stooping, above your bed;
They weary of trooping with the whimpering dead.
God's laughing in heaven to see you so good;
The Sailing Seven are gay with His mood.
I sigh that kiss you, for I must own
That I shall miss you when you have grown.

First published in Scots Observer, April 1890; revised 1901

Composition:

Steven Ebel

Irish Lullabies

Text Authorship:

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "A cradle song", appears in The Rose, first published 1893

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ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una ninna nanna", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Una ninna nanna

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Ebel)

See original

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Si chinano gli angeli, sul tuo lettino;
stanchi della compagnia dei lamentosi morti.
Sorride Dio nel cielo, vedendoti così buono;
i Sette Risplendenti, del suo umore son lieti.
Io ti bacio e ribacio, piccioncino mio amato
come mi mancherai quando sarai cresciuto.

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a text in English by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "A cradle song", appears in The Rose, first published 1893
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