Under a pink hat | Yesterday I ran into her in her best dress

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by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Ier l'ho scontrata in abito di festa

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ier l'ho scontrata in abito di festa,
Che la parea venir dal Paradiso;
Un cappellino rosa aveva in testa,
Un bianco vel sul viso.

In bianco vel, sotto un cappello rosa
Non vidi al mondo mai più bella cosa.

Ella sembrava quasi la Madonna
Che sta dipinta in Chiesa a la mia pieve;
Era vestita d'una bianca gonna
Fulgida come neve.

In cappellino, in velo ed in gonnella,
Non vidi al mondo mai cosa più bella.

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Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Sotto un cappello rosa", CG. 341 (1872) [ voice and piano ], from Biondina, poème musical, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) ; composed by Charles Gounod.

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Under a pink hat ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

Under a pink hat

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Yesterday I ran into her in her best dress,
Looking as if she’d come from Paradise;
A pink hat on her head,
A white veil over her face.

In a white veil, underneath a pink hat
I never saw such a pretty thing in all the world.
She looked just like the Madonna
Who is painted in my parish church;
She wore a white skirt
Shining like snow.

In [her] little hat, veil and skirt,
I never saw such a pretty thing in all the world.

Translator's note on line 1: "best dress": sometimes implies “Sunday best” or “party clothes”.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 86