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by Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo (1861 - 1937)

La serenata
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Vola, o serenata:
La mia diletta è sola,
e, con la bella testa abbandonata,
posa tra le lenzuola: 
O serenata, vola.
O serenata, vola.

Splende Pura la luna, 
l'ale il silenzio stende,
e dietro i veli dell'alcova 
bruna la lampada s'accende. 
Pura la luna splende. 
Pura la luna splende.

Vola, o serenata,
Vola, o serenata, vola. 
Ah! là. Ah! là.

Vola, o serenata:
La mia diletta è sola,
ma sorridendo ancor mezzo assonnata,
torna fra le lenzuola: 
O serenata, vola.
O serenata, vola.

L'onda sogna su 'l lido,
e 'l vento su la fronda;
e a' baci miei ricusa ancore un nido 
la mia signora bionda.
Sogna su 'l lido l'onda.
Sogna su 'l lido l'onda.

Vola, o serenata,
Vola, o serenata, vola. 
Ah! là. Ah! là.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo (1861 - 1937) [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "La serenata", 1888 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The serenade", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "La serenata", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Wilson Woo , Alyson McLamore

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 127

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