The spring | Hyacinths and violets

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by Alvise Cicogna (1791 - 1863)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

La primavera

(Sung text for setting by R. Hahn)

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Language: Italian - Venetian (dialect)

Our translations: ENG FRE GRE SPA

Giacinti, e violete
Fa in tera baossete
Baosète:
Che gusto! che giubilo!
L'inverno è scampà.

La Neve è svania,
La brina è finia,
Xe tepida l'aria,
El sol chiapa fià.

 ... 

Amici, fa ciera
Xe qua primavera:
Me 'l dise quel nuvolo...
Sentì! sentì el ton!

Ohimè! che sta idea
El cuor me ricrea,
E tuto desmentego
Quel fredo baron.

Ancora un meseto,
E el russignoleto
Col canto ne sgiozzolo
Su l'anima el miel.

Stagion deliziosa!
Ti vien co la rosa,
Ti parti col giglio,
Fior degno del ciel.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,7-10 of the original text.

Composition:

Reynaldo Hahn

Venezia, chansons en dialecte vénitien

Text Authorship:

by Alvise Cicogna (1791 - 1863), "La primavera", subtitle: "Anacreontica"

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The spring", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Le printemps", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Η άνοιξη", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La primavera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 146

The spring

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Hahn)

See original

Language: English after the Italian - Venetian (dialect)

Hyacinths and violets
Are peeking out on the earth:
What pleasure! what joy!
Winter is gone.

The snow is vanished,
The frost is finished,
The air is warm,
The sun catches its breath.

 ... 

Friends, rejoice,
Spring is here:
That cloud told me…
Listen! listen to the sound!

Alas! how this idea
Lifts my heart,
And I forget all
That brutal cold.

Just one little month
And the little nightingale
With his song drips
Honey onto the soul.

Delicious season!
You come with the rose,
You leave with the lily,
Flower worthy of heaven.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,7-10 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-19
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