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Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone Sento cantar una canzone d'amore, Più volte la ripete un bel garzone E battere mi sento forte il core. Oh quanto è dolce quella melodia! Oh com' è bella, quanto m' è gradita! Ch'io la canti non vuol la mamma mia: Vorrei saper perché me l'ha proibita? Ella non c'è ed io la vo' cantare La frase che m'ha fatto palpitare: Vorrei baciare i tuoi capelli neri, Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi, Vorrei morir con te, angel di Dio, O bella innamorata tesor mio. Qui sotto il vidi ieri a passeggiare, E lo sentiva al solito cantar: Vorrei baciare i tuoi capelli neri, Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi! Stringimi, o cara, stringimi al tuo core, Fammi provar l'ebbrezza dell'amor.
Authorship
- by Stanislao Gastaldon (1861 - 1939), as Flick Flock
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Stanislao Gastaldon (1861 - 1939), "Musica proibita", op. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896) , "Verbotener Gesang" ; composed by Stanislao Gastaldon.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "Prohibited music", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Música prohibida", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Música prohibida", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Antonio Giuliano
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 132
Underneath my balcony every evening I hear a love-song, Repeated several times by a handsome young man And it makes my heart beat faster. O how sweet is that melody! O how pretty, how I love to hear it! My mother will not let me sing it, Though why she would forbid me, I don't know. Now that she is out I am going to sing The song that I found so exciting. I'd like to kiss your raven hair, Your lips and your solemn eyes; I would want to die with you, O heavenly angel, My beautiful beloved, precious jewel. Yesterday I saw him walking by, And heard him sing as he always does: I'd like to kiss your raven hair, Your lips and your solemn eyes! Clasp me, darling, clasp me to your heart, Let me feel the ecstasy of love!
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Antonio Giuliano, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Stanislao Gastaldon (1861 - 1939), as Flick Flock
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 143