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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Luk Laerenbergh

Amor marinaro
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Me voglio fa 'na casa miez' 'o mare
Fravecata de penne de pavune,
Tralla la le la...

D'oro e d'argiento li scaline fare
E de prete preziuse li barcune,
Tralla la le la...

Quanno Nennella mia se va a facciare
Ognuno dice "mò sponta lu sole",
Tralla la le la...

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "Sailor's love", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "I want to build a house", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Luk Laerenbergh

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 50

Sailor's love
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
I'd like to build a house in the middle of the sea
Plastered with peacock feathers,
Tralla la le la...

With stairs of gold and silver
And balconies of precious stones,
Tralla la le la...

When my Nennella shows herself
Everyone says "look, the sun is rising",
Tralla la le la...

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Luk Laerenbergh, (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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 51