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by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912)

Si dondola dondola dondola
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Si dondola dondola dondola
senza rumore la cuna
nel mezzo al silenzio profondo;
così, come tacito al vento,
nel tacito lume di luna,
si dondola un cirro d'argento.
Oh! dormi col tremolio muto
dell'esile cuna che avesti!
Non piangerlo tutto, il minuto
che avesti, dell'esile vita!
Nel cuore di mamma non resti
quell'eco di pianto, infinita!
Sorridile, guardala; appressati
a mamma, ch'ormai non ha più,
per vivere un poco ancor essa,
che il poco di fiato ch'hai tu!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912), appears in Canti di Castelvecchio [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 Guido Alberto Fano (1875 - 1961), "Si dondola dondola dondola ", 1913 [voice and piano], from Il sogno della vergine, no. 4. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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