Lass doch deine alten Bücher, gib mir einen Kuss

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by Anna Emilia (Annie) Vivanti (1868 - 1942)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Aprile

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Lascia i tuoi vecchi libri e dammi un bacio,
Spalanca le finestre: ecco l'April!

Che odore di viole!
Che cinguettio di rondini!
Usciamo al sole!

Ho la veste e i pensier color del cielo;
Vedi, anco gli occhi: usciamo! Ecco l'April!

Text Authorship:

by Anna Emilia (Annie) Vivanti (1868 - 1942) [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 Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919), "Aprile" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "April", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Kyle Gee

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 41

Lass doch deine alten Bücher, gib mir...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Lass doch deine alten Bücher, gib mir einen Kuss,
öffne alle Fenster weit: Sieh, es ist April!

Welch ein Duft entströmt den Veilchen!
Hör doch, wie die Schwalben zwitschern!
Gehn wir in die Sonne!

Was ich trage, was ich denke: es ist himmelfarben;
schau, auch meine Augen: Auf, hinaus, es ist April!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anna Emilia (Annie) Vivanti (1868 - 1942)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 52