A kiss | If I could only give you

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by Gottardo Aldighieri (1824 - 1906)

Translation © by Stan Eby, Grant A. Lewis

Il bacio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Sulle labbra se potessi
dolce un bacio ti darei.
Tutte ti direi le dolcezze dell'amor.
Sempre assisa te d'appresso,
mille gaudii ti direi, Ah! ti direi.
Ed i palpiti udirei
che rispondono al mio cor.
Gemme e perle non desio,
non son vaga d'altro affetto.
Un tuo sguardo è il mio diletto,
un tuo bacio è il mio tesor.
Ah! Vieni! ah vien! più non tardare a me!
Ah vien! nell'ebbrezza d'un amplesso
ch'io viva!
Ah!

Text Authorship:

by Gottardo Aldighieri (1824 - 1906) [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 Luigi Arditi (1822 - 1903), "Il bacio" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Stan Eby) (Grant A. Lewis) , "A kiss", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , "Der Kuss", copyright © 2020, (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: 15
Word count: 76

A kiss

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

If I could only give you 
a kiss on your lips,
It would tell you all the delights of love,
Abiding to speak 
a thousand joys to you!
Ah, thus it would speak 
to you along with my heart's palpitations.
I do not desire gems or pearls, 
nor do I seek others' affections.
Your look is my delight,
your kiss is my treasure.
Ah! Come! Do not delay! 
Ah! Come! Let us enjoy love's 
life-giving intoxication.
Ah!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gottardo Aldighieri (1824 - 1906)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 77