A medianoche | Cuando la noche esté oscura

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Juan Henríquez Concepción

A mezzanotte

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Quando notte sarà oscura
e le stelle in ciel vedrai,
cheto, cheto mi verrai
nel mio asilo a ritrovar.
Nel silenzio della notte
dentr'all'umile mio tetto,
vieni pure, o mio diletto,
la tua ninfa a consolar:
canta pur la tua canzone
ch'io t'attendo sul balcone.
ah!

Ma non debbo a te soltanto
aprir l'uscio a notte bruna:
coprirebbesi la luna
vereconda in suo pudor.
Noi due soli non saremo,
verecondia nol consente,
vuò che un terzo sia presente
e quel terzo sia l'amor.
Canta pur la tua canzone,
ch'io t'attendo sul balcone,
io t'attendo a mezzanotte,
cheto cheto ne verrai,
noi due soli non saremo,
vuò che il terzo sia l'amor.
ah!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "A mezzanotte" [voice and piano], from Nuits d'Été à Pausilippe, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "At midnight", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "A medianoche", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 112

A medianoche

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Italian (Italiano)

Cuando la noche esté oscura
Y las estrellas en el cielo veas,
Quedo, quedo me vendrás
En mi cuarto a encontrar.
En el silencio de la noche
Dentro de mi humilde cuarto,
Vienes por tanto, mi bien amado,
A tu ninfa a consolar:
Canta entonces tu canción
Que yo te espero en el balcón. 
Ah!

Pero no debo a ti solamente 
Abrir la puerta en noche oscura:
Se cubriría la luna
Casta en su pudor.
Nosotros dos solos no estaremos,
La castidad no lo consiente,
Quiero que un tercero esté presente
Y que el tercero sea el amor.
Canta entonces tu canción,
Que yo te espero en el balcón,
Yo te espero a medianoche,
Quedos, quedos nos vendrán,
Nosotros dos solos no estaremos,
Quiero que el tercero sea el amor. 
Ah!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-06
Line count: 26
Word count: 131