A vucchella

Sì, comm'a nu sciorillo
tu tiene na vucchella
nu poco pocorillo
appassuliatella.

Meh, dammillo, dammillo,
- è comm'a na rusella -
dammillo nu vasillo,
dammillo, Cannetella!

Dammillo e pigliatillo,
nu vaso piccerillo
comm'a chesta vucchella,

che pare na rusella
nu poco pocorillo
appassuliatella...

by Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938)

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

by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) , "A vucchella", 1907.

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A sweet mouth

Yes, like a little flower,
You have got a sweet mouth
A little bit 
withered.

Please give it to me
it's like a little rose
Give me a little kiss,
give, Cannetella!

Give one and take one,
a kiss as little
as your mouth

which looks like a little rose
a little bit 
withered.

Translation from Italian to English copyright © by Antonio Giuliano (antonio.giuliano (AT) verizon.net), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in Italian by Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.