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by Francesco dall' Ongaro (1808 - 1873)

Che pecà!
Language: Italian - Venetian (dialect) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GRE SPA
Te recordistu, Nina, quei ani
Che ti geri el mio solo pensier?
Che tormento, che rabie, che afani!
Mai un'ora de vero piacer!
Per fortuna quel tempo xe andà.
Che pecà!

Ne vedeva che per i to' oci,
No g'aveva altro ben che el to' ben...
Che schempiezzi! che gusti batoci,
Oh, ma adesso so tor quel che vien;
No me scaldo po'tanto el figà.
Che pecà!

Ti xe bela, ma pur ti xe dona,
Qualche neo lo conosso anca in ti;
Co ti ridi co un'altra persona,
Me diverto co un'altra anca mi.
Benedeta la so' libertà.
Che pecà!

Te voi ben, ma no filo caligo,
Me ne indormo de tanta virtù.
Magno e bevo, so star co' l'amigo
E me ingrasse ogni zorno de più.
Son un omo che sa quel che'l fa...
Che pecà!

Care gondole de la laguna
Voghè pur, che ve lasso vogar!
Quando in cielo vien fora la luna,
Vago in leto e me meto a ronfar,
Senza gnanca pensarghe al passà!
Che pecà!

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco dall' Ongaro (1808 - 1873) [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Che pecà!", 1901, published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Venezia, chansons en dialecte vénitien, no. 5, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 2 times]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "What a shame!", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Quel dommage !", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Τι κρίμα!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "¡Qué lástima! ", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 170

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