Tosti: La Serenata - Andrea Bocelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Vola, o serenata: La mia diletta

e, con la bella testa abbandonata,

posa tra le lenzuola:

O serenata, vola.

O serenata, vola.

Splende pura la luna,

l’ale il silenzio stende,

e dietro I veni dell’alcova

bruna la lampada s’accende.

Pure la luna splende.

Pure la luna splende.

Vola, o serenata,

Vola, o serenata, vola.

Ah!

l Vola, o serenata: La mia diletta

ma sorridendo ancor mezzo assonnata,

torna fra le lenzuola:

O serenata, vola.

O serenata, vola.

L’onda sogna su

e a’baci miei ricusa ancore un nido

la mia signora bionda.

Sogna su Sogna su Vola, o serenata,

Vola, o serenata, vola.

Ah!

l Translation:

Fly, o serenade: My delight is alone,

and, with her beautiful abandoned head,

fly between her sheets:

O serenade, fly.

O serenade, fly.

The moon shines brightly,

silence extends its wings,

and behind the shadows of the dark

alcove the lamp burns.

The moon shines brightly.

The moon shines brightly.

Fly, o serenade,

Fly, o serenade, fly.

Ah!

there.

Ah!

there.

Fly, o serenade: My delight is alone,

but, still smiling half muted,

return between her sheets:

O serenade, fly.

O serenade, fly.

The wave dreams on the shore,

and the wind on the branch;

and my blonde lady still denies

a place for my kisses.

The wave dreams on the shore.

The wave dreams on the shore.

Fly, o serenade,

Fly, o serenade, fly.

Ah!

there.

Ah!

there.