La serenata
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG SPA
Vola, o serenata:
La mia diletta è sola,
e, con la bella testa abbandonata,
posa tra le lenzuola:
O serenata, vola.
O serenata, vola.
Splende Pura la luna,
l'ale il silenzio stende,
e dietro i veli dell'alcova
bruna la lampada s'accende.
Pura la luna splende.
Pura la luna splende.
Vola, o serenata,
Vola, o serenata, vola.
Ah! là. Ah! là.
Vola, o serenata:
La mia diletta è sola,
ma sorridendo ancor mezzo assonnata,
torna fra le lenzuola:
O serenata, vola.
O serenata, vola.
L'onda sogna su 'l lido,
e 'l vento su la fronda;
e a' baci miei ricusa ancore un nido
la mia signora bionda.
Sogna su 'l lido l'onda.
Sogna su 'l lido l'onda.
Vola, o serenata,
Vola, o serenata, vola.
Ah! là. Ah! là.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The serenade", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "La serenata", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Wilson Woo , Alyson McLamore
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 127
The serenade
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Fly, o serenade:
My beloved is alone,
with her beautiful head hidden
under the sheets:
O serenade, fly.
O serenade, fly.
The moonlight is pure,
wings of silence stretch out,
and behind the veils of the dark alcove
the lamp burns.
The pure moonbeams shine.
The pure moonbeams shine.
Fly, o serenade,
Fly, o serenade, fly.
Ah! là. Ah! là.
Fly, o serenade:
My beloved is alone,
but still smiling [while] half asleep,
she has returned beneath the sheets:
O serenade, fly.
O serenade, fly.
The waves dream on the shore,
and the wind [blows] through the branches;
and my kisses don’t result in a nest [being offered],
by my blonde lady.
Dreaming on the shore, [are] the waves.
Dreaming on the shore, [are] the waves.
Fly, o serenade.
Fly, o serenade, fly.
Ah! là. Ah! là.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Prichard, (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.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-25
Line count: 30
Word count: 137