by
Francesco Cimmino (1862 - 1938)
La mia canzone
Language: Italian (Italiano)
La mia canzone è un dolce mormorio
Che sino a te, nell'aria fredda, sale;
E, se ti parla ancor dell'amor mio,
Cara fanciulla, non ti vuol far male;
Vagando sul tuo candido guanciale,
Essa vuol dirti un ultimo desio:
Su la tua bianca fronte verginale.
La mia canzone è il bacio dell'addio
il baccio dell'addio.
La mia canzone sospirando muore
Lieve nell'aria su la tua vetrata;
Ma, disfidando il gelo e il tenebrore,
Reca il desio d'un'anima agitata;
E vuol destar ogn'ansia a te più grata,
Ogni affetto sopito entro il tuo cuore:
Ora che tu sei sola, addormentata,
La mia canzone è un fremito d'amore!
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "My song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 106
My song
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
My song is a sweet murmur
that to you, in the cold air, rises;
And, if it tells you again of my love,
Dear girl, it doesn’t wish you ill;
Wandering onto you pure white pillow,
It wants to confess a last wish:
Over your white virginal brow.
My song is the kiss of goodbye,
the kiss of goodbye.
My song dies sighing
Lightly in the air at your window;
But, resisting the frost and the darkness,
Carries the desire of an agitated soul;
And wants to awken [your] every desire and greet you,
To soothe every affection inside your heart:
Now that you are alone, sleeping,
My song is a shudder of love!
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Line count: 17
Word count: 114