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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):
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "L'orgia" [text verified 1 time]
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
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.
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Pepoli, Conte (1796 - 1881)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 34
Word count: 136