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by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835)

Guarda che bianca luna
 (Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Guarda che bianca luna!
Guarda che notte azzurra!
Un'aura non susurra,
Non tremola uno stel.

L'usignuoletto solo
Va dalla siepe all'orno,
E sospirando intorno
Chiama la sua fedel.

Ella, che il sente appena,
Già vien di fronda in fronda,
E par che gli risponda,
"Non piangere: son qui."

Che dolci affetti, Irene,
Che gemiti son questi!
Ah! mai tu non sapesti
Rispondermi così!

Note: Vittorelli reworked and reordered his Anacreontiche several times. This poem is number VII in the first edition (1798), number V in the 1806 edition, number VII in the 1815 edition, and number VIII in the 1826 edition.

Composition:

    Set to music by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Guarda che bianca luna", subtitle: "Romanza" [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835), no title, appears in Anacreontiche, in Ad Irene, no. 7, first published 1798

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "See how white the moon", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Regarde, comme la lune est blanche!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

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