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by Guido Edoardo Mottini (1884 - 1934)

Per una strada ripida
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Chosen for Diff
Il bambino che penzola in collo alla mamma
Che l'ha ben coperto prima di darlo
Fuori al freddo acuto,
Mi guarda mentre il passo lo tentenna.
Su e giù, su e giù, la strada irta è di breccia,
E la testina cionca su e giù.
Ma quegli occhietti, non senza malizia
Guardano me che m'arrampico dietro;
Dicon: "Tu soffi, ed io salgo portato.
Tu sei vestito poco ed io son caldo.
Tu sei brutto e sparuto, ed io grassotto.
Tu vedi storto, che porti gli occhiali,
Ed io vedo come il passerotto.
Tu sei solo, e cammini come il vecchio,
Con me è la mamma che mi regge e bacia.
La tua strada finisce in un burrone,
La mia diventa sempre bella più."
E la testina cionca su e giù.

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido Edoardo Mottini (1884 - 1934) [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 Alessandro Bustini (1876 - 1970), "Per una strada ripida" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 130

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