La Pastorella delle Alpi Video

La Pastorella delle Alpi (The Little Alpine Shepherdess) by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini.
**Yours truly, voice. Prof. Imelda Ongsiako, piano.
Sang during my fourth year recital at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), Mt. Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. P.S. Please do comment. Constructive criticisms are most welcome.

(2/9/09)

Italian:
Son bella pastorella,
che scende ogni mattino
ed offre un cestellino
di fresche frutta e fior.

Chi viene al primo albore
avrà vezzose rose
E poma rugiadose,
venite al moi gairdin,
ahu, ahu...

Chi del notturno orrore
Smari la buona via,
alla capanna mia
ritrovera il cammin.

Venite o passagiero,
La pastorella è qua,
Ma il fior del suo pensiero
Ad uno solo darà!
Ahu, ahu...

English:
I'm the pretty sheperdess
Coming down every morning
I offer a little basket
With fresh fruit and flowers.

Whoever comes at dawn
Will have some pretty roses
And dew sprinkled apples
Come all to my garden
Ahu, ahu ...

Whoever in night's frightness
Looses his way
At my little hut
Will find his path again.

Come, o traveller
The sheperdess is here
But her tenderest thoughts
Adress to one alone!
Ahu, ahu...