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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Ognun ripicchia e nicchia
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ognun ripicchia e nicchia ognor
su un caso strano a dir.
Ma perchè, ma cos'è,
che tanto amor dovea così finir?
Or io voglio la mia storia raccontar
tanto buffa ell'è:
Me ne givo un dì con Monna Lapa insiem,
che sì cara m'era al cor,
per i campi a raccoglier fior...
Ma la storia comincia quì.

U'! cos'è quel ch'io veggo là?
Un grillo o un rusignuol?
Più bel ve'!
La mia beltà sedette su un poggiuol.
Lei sperava di poter così
goder il divin cantor,
ma al trillar del grillo
e al pronto suo balzar
diede un grido, e nel fuggir,
sù ove prima seggea cascò...
E la storia finisce lì.

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), "Ognun ripicchia e nicchia", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 15. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "Everyone repeats and always hesitates", 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: 21
Word count: 113

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