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by Achille de Lauzières-Thémines (1818? - 1894)

La ninna nanna
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Dormi fanciullo mio,
Dormi e riposa
Nella pace del sonno 
Trasparente;

Dormi, sí, dormi,
E la pupilla ascosa
Si volga al ciel
Silenzïosamente.

Dormi, dormi, i Cherubini
A te scherzano d'accanto;
I lor labbri porporini
Stanno aperti a dolce canto.

Uno spirto t'han creduto
Dalle sfere qui caduto
Ed al coro a cui tu manchi
Ricondurti vonno in ciel.

Ah! dormi, o figlio mio,
Dormi il sonno della pace;
Dormi, dormi, gli occhi stanchi
Covra il sonno col suo vel.

Ah! sí, non senti un alito
Che ti carezza il viso?
Ah! sí, non vedi gli angioli
Scesi dal paradiso

Che intorno a te s'aggirano
Come farfalle ai fior?
O figlio, dormi candido,
Il sonno dell'amor.

E la tua culla argentea
Come una navicella
Solca tranquilla l'etere,
Passa di stella in stella,

Vogano lieti gli angioli,
Tu dormi in mezzo a lor,
Dormi, sí dormi placido
Il sonno dell'amor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Achille de Lauzières-Thémines (1818? - 1894) [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "La ninna nanna" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 149

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