The breeze is blowing | The breeze is blowing from that far-distant place

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by Arturo Birga (1871 - 1959)

Translation © by Joshua Breitzer

Viene di là, lontan

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Viene di là, lontan, lontano 'l vento
E me lo manda qui 'l mi' dolce amore
Perché mi dica, nel suo strano accento,
Tante belle parole in fondo al core...
O vento lene, o lene venticello,
Ritorna dal mi damo, dal mi' bello:
Ritorna dal mi' damo, o vento lene,
E digli che gli voglio tanto bene!

E digli che gli voglio bene tanto,
E che dal giorno ch'è partito via
Ho sempre gli occhi rossi pel gran pianto
E 'l core gonfio di malinconia...
Diglielo, o venticello profumato,
In quali condizioni m'hai lasciato...
Digli del core mio tutti gli affanni
E che ritorni presto e non m'inganni!

Text Authorship:

by Arturo Birga (1871 - 1959) [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Viene di là, lontan", P. 103 no. 3 (1915) [ voice and piano ], from Quattro Rispetti Toscani, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Joshua Breitzer) , "The breeze is blowing", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 108

The breeze is blowing

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The breeze is blowing from that far-distant place,
sent here to me by my sweet beloved
to utter, in its foreign tones,
such fine words as to pierce my heart...
O gentle breeze, o gentle little breeze,
go back to my man, to my handsome love:
go back to my man, o gentle breeze,
and tell him how much I love him!

And tell him how much I love him,
and that ever since the day he went away
my eyes have been red with weeping
and my heart has been filled with sadness…
Tell him, o perfumed little breeze,
what sorrow he’s reduced me to…
Tell him how my heart is breaking,
to come home soon and not deceive me!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Arturo Birga (1871 - 1959)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 121