by
Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)
Biondina
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Biondina bella, se tu fossi mia,
Ti vestirei di bianco tutta quanta,
Sì che paressi la Vergine Maria,
O qualche santa.
Ti condurrei così nella chiesetta,
Là dove m'han portato a battezzare,
E là ti vorrei fatta una nicchietta
Sopra l'altare.
E bramerei che l'organo suonato
Da qualche Serafin del Paradiso
Mi facesse morire inebriato
Sul tuo bel viso.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) ; composed by Charles Gounod.
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Biondina", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
Biondina
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Fair Biondina, if you were mine,
I would dress you all in white,
So you’d look like the Virgin Mary,
Or some saintly woman.
I would take you to the little church,
Where I was brought to be baptized,
And have built for you a little niche
Above the altar.
And I’d have the organ played
By some seraphim from paradise
So that I might die inebriated
By your beautiful face.
Translator's note on the name Biondina: “Blondie” or blonde girl.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 71