Dawn (Tarantini, set by (Gaetano Donizetti)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Leopoldo Tarantini (1811 - 1882)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

L'aurora

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Vedi come in sul confine
del Vesevo il ciel s'indora
e le aurette mattutine[, sí,]
stan quell'onde a carezzar.
Vieni, o cara, in su quest'ora
par che rida cielo e mar [mare].
Or beltade e amor t'arride,
ma beltade e amor non dura.
Vieni, o Lisa, finchè ride[, sí,]
lieto a noi degl'anni il fior [fiore].
Fra il gioir della natura
deh, ragiona a me d'amor.

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by Leopoldo Tarantini (1811 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "L'aurora" [voice and piano], from Nuits d'Été à Pausilippe, no. 8. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Dawn", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Dawn

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Look how in the area around
Vesuvius the sky turns golden
and the morning breezes
are ready to caress every wave.
Come, my dear, just at this time
it seems that the sky and the sea are smiling.
Now beauty and love smile upon you,
but beauty and love do not last.
Come, o Lisa, until
the flower of years smiles happily for us.
Surrounded by the joy of nature,
please, talk to me of love.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Leopoldo Tarantini (1811 - 1882)

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 76