by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Luk Laerenbergh

Romanza moresca
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il mio grido io getto ai venti
Perchè il portin da qui lunge
Ed il suon de' miei lamenti
Fino ad ella mai non giunge.
O pastore, hai tu veduta
La mia donna ch'ho perduta?

I suoi sguardi son due freccie,
Come il giglio ha bianco il viso,
Come il corvo ha nere trecce,
Come l'alba ha dolce il riso;
E si chiama Juanita.
La mia donna ch'è fuggita.

Son tre giorni e son tre notti
Che la cerco e non la trovo;
Per dirupi aspri e dirotti
I miei passi invano io muovo.
Dimmi, dimmi, hai tu veduta
La mia donna ch'ho perduta?

I suoi sguardi...

Note: some versions use the name Caterina instead of Juanita.


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 107

Romance of Moresca
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
I cast my cry to the winds
That they may carry it far from here
And that the sound of my laments
May never reach her.
O shepherd, have you seen
My lady whom I have lost?

Her eyes are like two arrows,
Like the lily her face is white,
Like the raven her locks are black;
Like dawn her smile is sweet;
And her name is Juanita,
My lady who has fled.

It is three days and three nights
That I search and haven't found her;
Over rough and ragged cliffs
I move my steps in vain.
Tell me, tell me, have you seen
My lady whom I have lost?

Her eyes...

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 113