by Carlo Guaita
La zingara
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
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Fra l'erbe cosparse di rorido gelo, coverta del solo gran manto del cielo, mia madre esultando la vita me diè. Fanciulla, sui greppi le capre emulai, per ville e cittadi, cresciuta, danzai, le dame lor palme distesero a me. La ra la. ah! la zingara. Io loro predissi le cose note, ne feci dolenti, ne feci beate, segreti conobbi di sdegno, d'amor. La ra la, etc. Un giorno la mano mi porse un donzello; mai visto non fummi garzone piu bello: oh! s'ei nella destra leggessimi il cor!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "La zingara" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , "The gypsy girl", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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