There you are a beautiful, nearly unknown Christmas song. It's especially dear to me beacuse I used to sing it as a lullaby to my newborn baby boy, two years ago. The Italian lyrics are very poetic, I tried to translate them decently.
X: 1 T: Coro della notte T: (The Night Chorus) C: Pietro Alessandro Yon (1866 - 1943) M: 4/4 L: 1/4 Q: "Largo" 1/4 = 50 %%staves [1 2 3 4] V: 1 clef=treble name="Soprano" V: 2 clef=treble name="Alto" V: 3 clef=treble-8 name="Tenor" V: 4 clef=bass name="Bass" %%MIDI program 1 54 %%MIDI program 2 54 %%MIDI program 3 54 %%MIDI program 4 54 K: D % [V: 1] |: FF z/F/ G/F/|[M:3/4]EF2|AA A/A/|[M:2/4](c/B) _B/| [V: 2] |: DD z/D/ D/D/|[M:3/4]CD2|FF F/F/|[M:2/4]^E>E | w: Dor-mi, ch\'e su te ve-glia gi\'a tut-to il Pa-ra- [V: 3] |: AA z/A/ B/A/|[M:3/4]AA2|dd d/d/|[M:2/4](d c/)c/ | [V: 4] |: dd z/d/ d/d/|[M:3/4]Ad2|dd d/d/|[M:2/4]G>G | % [V: 1] [M:3/4]AA2|[M:4/4]GG z/F/ G/A/ |[M:3/4]GFA | [V: 2] [M:3/4]FF2|[M:4/4]EE z/^D/ E/E/|[M:3/4]=DDA| w: di-so; dor-mi, ti splen-de~in vi-so un [V: 3] [M:3/4]dd2|[M:4/4]BB z/B/ B/c/ |[M:3/4]BAd | [V: 4] [M:3/4]dd2|[M:4/4]ee z/B/ e/A/ |[M:3/4]ddf | % [V: 1] cA B/F/ |A3|[M:4/4]FF z/F/ G/F/|[M:3/4]EF2| [V: 2] ^GF F/D/ |E3|[M:4/4]DD z/D/ D/D/|[M:3/4]CD2| w: rag-gio tut-to d'or. Dor-mi, dor-mi Fan-ciul-lo, [V: 3] cc d/B/ |c3|[M:4/4]AA z/A/ B/A/|[M:3/4]AA2| [V: 4] ^ef d/=e/|A3|[M:4/4]dd z/d/ d/d/|[M:3/4]Ad2| % [V: 1] AA A/A/|[M:2/4](c/B) _B/|[M:3/4]AA2| [V: 2] FF F/F/|[M:2/4]^E>E |[M:3/4]FF2| w: ri-po-sa il cor-po san-to; [V: 3] dd d/d/|[M:2/4](dc/)c/ |[M:3/4]dd2| [V: 4] dd d/d/|[M:2/4]G>G |[M:3/4]dd2| % [V: 1] [M:4/4]GG z/F/ G/A/ |[M:3/4]BBc|(dc/=c/ B/_B/| [V: 2] [M:4/4]EE z/^D/ E/F/|[M:3/4]GGA|A2G | w: lie-ve, lie-ve ti cul-lo col fre-sco [V: 3] [M:4/4]BB z/B/ B/d/ |[M:3/4]dde|d2d | [V: 4] [M:4/4]ee z/B/ e/=d/|[M:3/4]ggg|f2g | % [V: 1] AA z/G/ |F3 :|[M:4/4]z3 z/A,/|FF z/F/ G/F/| [V: 2] F/D/ E z/C/ |D3 :|[M:4/4]z3 z/A,/|DD z/D/ D/D/| w: mi - o re-spir. In al-to un che-ru- [V: 3] (d/B/) c z/A/|A3 :|[M:4/4]z3 z/A/ |AA z/A/ B/A/| [V: 4] aaA |d3 :|[M:4/4]z3 z/A/ |dd z/d/ d/d/| % [V: 1] [M:3/4]EF2|AA A/A/|[M:2/4](c/B) _B/| [V: 2] [M:3/4]CD2|FF F/F/|[M:2/4]^E>E | w: bi-no tra-e da-la ce-tra [V: 3] [M:3/4]AA2|dd d/d/|[M:2/4](dc/)c/ | [V: 4] [M:3/4]Ad2|dd d/d/|[M:2/4]G>G | % [V: 1] [M:3/4]AA2|[M:4/4]G/G/ F^Ac|[M:3/4]dB z/B/ | [V: 2] [M:3/4]FF2|[M:4/4]E/E/ CFF |[M:3/4]FG z/G/ | w: d'o-ro un ac-cor-do di-vi-no per [V: 3] [M:3/4]dd2|[M:4/4]B/B/ ^AcA|[M:3/4]Bd z/d/ | [V: 4] [M:3/4]dd2|[M:4/4]e/e/ fff |[M:3/4](b/a/)g z/g/| % [V: 1] Azz |A/G/ FE |F3|] [V: 2] Fzz |EDC |D3|] w: te, san-to Pa-stor. [V: 3] (d/e/d/c/d/B/)|(c/B/) AA|A3|] [V: 4] azz |AAA |d3|] % W: Sleep, the Heavens are watching over you. W: Sleep, your face brights with a golden ray of light. W: Sleep, sleep Baby, let your sacred body rest; W: Gently, I gently rock you with my fresh breath. W: Above, an angel plays his golden harp W: he plays divine chords for you, o sacred Shepard. Merry Christmas to all and your families. Guido =8-) -- Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. <guido . gonzato at univr . it> - Linux System Manager Universita' di Verona (Italy), Facolta' di Scienze MM. FF. NN. Ca' Vignal II, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona (Italy) Tel. +39 045 8027990; Fax +39 045 8027928 --- Timeas hominem unius libri To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html