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Te recordistu, Nina, quei ani Che ti geri el mio solo pensier? Che tormento, che rabie, che afani! Mai un'ora de vero piacer! Per fortuna quel tempo xe andà. Che pecà! Ne vedeva che per i to' oci, No g'aveva altro ben che el to' ben... Che schempiezzi! che gusti batoci, Oh, ma adesso so tor quel che vien; No me scaldo po'tanto el figà. Che pecà! Ti xe bela, ma pur ti xe dona, Qualche neo lo conosso anca in ti; Co ti ridi co un'altra persona, Me diverto co un'altra anca mi. Benedeta la so' libertà. Che pecà! Te voi ben, ma no filo caligo, Me ne indormo de tanta virtù. Magno e bevo, so star co' l'amigo E me ingrasse ogni zorno de più. Son un omo che sa quel che'l fa... Che pecà! Care gondole de la laguna Voghè pur, che ve lasso vogar! Quando in cielo vien fora la luna, Vago in leto e me meto a ronfar, Senza gnanca pensarghe al passà! Che pecà!
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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Che pecà!", 1901, published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Venezia, chansons en dialecte vénitien, no. 5, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "What a shame!", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Quel dommage !", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Τι κρίμα!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "¡Qué lástima! ", copyright © 2008, (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: 30
Word count: 170
Recuerdas, Nina, aquellos años, Cuándo eras mi único pensamiento? Cuántos tormentos, cuánta rabia, qué angustia! Pero una hora de verdadero placer! Por fortuna aquel tiempo ya pasó. Qué pecado! No veía más que por tus ojos; No tenía otro bien que tu bien... Qué bobería, qué placeres banales; Oh! Pero ahora se tomar aquello que viene; No me enfada por tanto el coraje. Qué pecado! Eres bella, pero eres mujer, Algún defectillo conozco también en ti; Cuando te ríes con otra persona, Me divierto con otra persona también yo. Bendita sea la libertad! Qué pecado! Te quiero bien, pero no me turbas, Y no me adormezco de tanta virtud. Como y bebo, sé estar con el amigo, Y me engorda cada día más. Soy un hombre que sabe que hacer... Qué pecado! Queridas góndolas de la laguna, Remad, que os dejo remar! Cuando en el cielo aparece la luna, Me tumbo en el lecho y me pongo a roncar Sin pensar en el pasado! Qué pecado!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian - Venetian (dialect) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2008 by Juan Henríquez Concepción, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Francesco dall' Ongaro (1808 - 1873)
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 30
Word count: 166