L'orgia
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Amiamo, cantiamo
le donne e i liquor,
gradita è la vita
frà Bacco ed Amor.
Se Amore ho nel core,
ho il vin nella testa,
che gioia che festa,
che amabile ardor.
Amando, scherzando,
trincando liquor,
m'avvampo, mi scampo
da noie e dolor.
Cantiam, gradita è la vita
fra Bacco ed Amor !
Danziamo, cantiamo,
alziamo il bicchier,
ridiam, sfidiam
i tristi pensier !
Regina divina,
la madre d'amor,
guiliva ravviva
rinuova ogni cor.
Balzante, spumante
con vivo bollor,
e il vino divino
del mondo signor.
Già ballo traballo
che odor, che vapor
si beva ribeva
con sacro furor.
Cantiam, gradita è la vita
fra Bacco ed Amor !
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch) , title 1: "The orgy", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , title 1: "Das Festgelage", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, published 1835
- FRE French (Français) (Louis Crevel de Charlemagne) , title 1: "L'orgie", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, published 1835
Researcher for this page: Johann Gaitzsch
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 106
The orgy
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Let's love and sing
Of woman and wine
Live is a joy
Between Bacchus and Amor
I've got love in my heart
And wine in my head
What a pleasure, what a feast
What a lovely passion.
Loving and joking
Drinking some wine
animates me and calms
my sorrow and pain.
Let's dance and sing
Live is a joy
Between Bacchus and Amor
Let's dance and sing
Let's raise the glass
Let's laugh and forget
Our sorrow and pain.
O divine queen,
mother of love
with joy renew
every heart!
Leaping, sparkling,
Foaming over with life
Is the wine divine
Ruler of the world.
Already I dance, I stagger,
What smell, what steam!
So drink, over and over again
In a holy frenzy.
Let's dance and sing
Live is a joy
Between Bacchus and Amor!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2003 by Johann Gaitzsch, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 34
Word count: 136
