S'io fusse ciaul (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2025-03-31)  CPDL #84388:         
Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2025-03-31).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: S'io fusse ciaul
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularVillanella

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581
Description: 

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

S'io fusse ciaul1 et tu lo campanile
ben spesso te vorria montare
Tutto lo giorno ben vorria cantare
Et sempre mai saltare
e spesso te basciare
et poi la sera nel pertus'2 intrare.

1 cornacchia, gazza 2 pertugio

German.png German translation

Wäre ich eine Krähe und du der Glockenturm,
wie oft würde ich zu dir aufsteigen!
Den ganzen Tag würde ich singen
und immerfort springen
und dauernd dich küssen,
und dann am Abend in das Loch hineinkommen.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt
English.png English translation

If I were a crow and you the steeple,
I often would mount you.
All the day I would sing
and dance forever
and permanently kiss you,
and in the evening enter into the hole.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt