O sole mio (Eduardo di Capua)

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Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-18).  Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 200 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central. Edition in E flat Major. English translation by Nathan Haskell Dole.

General Information

Title: O Sole Mio
Composer: Eduardo di Capua
Lyricist: Giovanni Capurro^{create page} (1859-1920)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano

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Description: "O Sole Mio" (My Sunshine) is describd as a Neapolitan Serenade.

External websites:

• Wikipedia entry for this song
• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• Pavorotti sings "'O Sole Mio"
• Enrico Caruso sings 'O SOLE MIO and doesn't take as many liberties as Pavorotti does

Original text and translations

Italian text

Che bella cosa na jurnata ‘e sole,
n’aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe’ ll’aria fresca pare gia’ na festa
Che bella cosa na jurnata ‘e sole.

Ma n’atu sole
cchiu’ bello, oi ne’.
‘O sole mio
sta ‘nfronte a te!
‘O sole, ‘o sole mio
sta ‘nfronte a te,
sta ‘nfronte a te!

Lùcene ‘e llastre d”a fenesta toia;
‘na lavannara canta e se ne vanta
e pe’ tramente torce, spanne e canta
lùcene ‘e llastre d’a fenesta toia.

Quanno fa notte e ‘o sole se ne scenne,
me vene quase ‘na malincunia;
sotto ‘a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e ‘o sole se ne scenne.