April has come | April has come, weaving garlands

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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Gretchen Armacost

Venuto è l'aprile

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Venuto è l'aprile tessendo ghirlande,
e ninfe e silvani sul prato raunando.
Accordan gli ontani i loro strumenti
e ai primi concenti del vento
fra i rami comincia la danza.
Primna un fauno s'avanza...
La sua ninfa lo mira... Sospira...
E volano insiem!

Foleggian le coppie tra i fonti e le rive,
e poi nelle selve scompaion furtive...
Ma Clori, che intanto gelosa è di Nice,
aspetta infelice e sola, nel pianto,
che cessi la danza.
Ma un pastore s'avanza...
e già Clori lo mira... Sospira...
E volano insiem!

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), "Venuto è l'aprile", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 26. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "April has come", 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: 16
Word count: 89

April has come

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 April has come, weaving garlands,
 And bringing together nymphs and sylvans on the meadow. 
 The alders are tuning their instruments
 And at the first melodies of the wind
 Among the branches the dance begins. 
 First a faun advances... 
 His nymph looks at him... Sighs... 
 And they rush away together! 
 
 The couples frolic among the fountains and the streams,
 And then vanish furtively in the woods... 
 But Cloris, who meanwhile is jealous of Nice,
 Waits unhappy and alone, in tears,
 For the dance to cease. 
 But a shepherd advances... 
 And now Cloris looks at him... Sighs... 
 And they rush away together!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

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: 16
Word count: 101