Now that the green paths are returning | Now that the green paths are returning

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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Gretchen Armacost

Or che le rèdole

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Or che le rèdole verdi ritonando,
che veston fiori i cespi ancor,
d'intrecciar danze tempo è tornato;
vieni sul prato, fiore tra i fior.
Giga o furlana vieni a danzare,
di tarlatana tutta vestita.
Stringerti per la vita parlandoti d'amore:
altro dolzore non so sperar.

Nel lieve fremito d'un giro
destasi tale un diletto, un tale ardor,
ch'ogni altro affanno è presto obliato;
vieni sul prato, fiore tra i fior.

Text Authorship:

by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941) [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 Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925), "Or che le rèdole", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 21. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "Now that the green paths are returning", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Stuart Price

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

Now that the green paths are returning

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 Now that the green paths are returning,
 That the bushes again put on their flowers,
 The time has come again to join in dances;
 Come to the meadow, flower among the flowers. 
 Come to dance a gigue or forlana,
 All dressed in tarlatan. 
 To hold you close around the waist speaking to you of love:
 I don't know how to hope for any other sweetness. 
 
 In the light thrill of a turn stirs
 Such a delight, such an ardor,
 That every other anxiety is quickly forgotten;
 Come to the meadow, flower among the flowers.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 95