Italian song | I look out the window and see the waves

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Canzone italiana

Language: Romanesco

Our translations: ENG

M'affaccio la finestra e vedo l'onde,
Vedo le mie miserie che sò granne!
Chiamo l'amòre mio, nun m'arrisponde!

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Tuscan [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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Canzone italiana", M. A. 17 no. 3 (1910) [voice and piano], from Quatre chanson populaires, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Italian song", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 3
Word count: 18

Italian song

Language: English after the Romanesco

I look out the window and see the waves,
I see my misery which is so great.
I call to my love, no one responds to me.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Romanesco to English copyright © 2013 by Laura Prichard, (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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Based on:

a text in Romanesco from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Tuscan
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-30
Line count: 3
Word count: 27