by
Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912)
Lenta la neve fiocca, fiocca, fiocca
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Lenta la neve fiocca, fiocca, fiocca.
Senti: una zana dondola pian piano.
Un bimbo piange, il piccol dito in bocca.
Canta una vecchia, il mento sulla mano.
La vecchia canta: intorno al tuo lettino
C'è rose e gigli [tutto]1 un bel giardino.
Nel bel giardino il bimbo s'addormenta,
[La neve fiocca]2 lenta, lenta, lenta.
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1 Cimara: "come"
2 Cimara: "Fiocca la neve"
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- ENG English (Carl Ratner) , "The snow is falling", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The snow is falling
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
The snow is slowly falling, falling, falling.
Listen: a cradle is rocking softly, softly.
A baby cries, his little finger in his mouth.
An old woman sings, her chin in her hand.
The old woman sings: "Inside your little bed
There are roses and lilies, all [like] a beautiful garden."
In the beautiful garden, the child goes to sleep.
The snow falls slowly, slowly, slowly.
Translation of original poem's title: "Orphan"
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