Una Rosa A Dicembre
A Rose In December

Music by Gino Vannelli, lyrics by Gino Vannelli, Brian Hamilton and Sage.
(published by Whirling Rainbow Music/BMI,Endlessong, LanMusic/WarnerChapel and Kekino Music/BMI)
Orchestration by Jorge Calandrelli.
Performed by NOA, featuring Fred Korman on oboe.
Piano arrangement by Gino Vannelli and Randy Cannon, performed by Randy Porter.
Soprano vocals by Janet Chvatal.

Once upon a time I thought only old people died. We had come to pay respects to my deceased grandfather - I was seven. By accident, I ventured upstairs into a room where another body lay in state. It was a young girl, my age, I thought. Her face was colorless, yet it glowed. There was a mysterious serenity about that little girl in white lace. I touched her cold fingers. She seemed a sleeping angel to me. A man, I believed to be her father, continued to weep bitterly for his dead daughter as I slowly made my way back downstairs - Gino Vannelli.

(Father)
Una rosa, una croce, la fiamma di un lume
Un volto, freddo e bianco
Una voce rubata dal cielo
Cosi’ presto
Folle io a voler dare un senso
E a sognare inutili sogni
Mentre angeli cupi in silenzio tramavan

A rose, a cross, a flickering light
A brave face, cold and white
A voice, hushed by heaven’s right
All too soon
Fool am I to grant this life meaning
To dream dreams not worth dreaming
While angels of death are silently scheming

Lasciami riposare sui tuoi seni
E confessarti i miei segreti
Chiedo a Dio che mi spieghi
Perche’ mai
Perche’ lui cosi’ innocente
Spento, una rosa a Dicembre
Perso, adesso e per sempre

Let me lay my head upon your breast
And whisper words unconfessed
I beg God in my loneliness
Tell me why
Why one so young and tender
Crushed like a rose in December
Lost forever and ever

(Daughter)
Io ci saro’ quando tu chiamerai
Giu’ da una stella
Su un‘ala dall’alto del cielo
Volero’
Ma ora non piangere

I will be there when your heart calls on me
Down from a star, on a cloud
From the highest heaven
I will fly
Now don’t you cry

(Father)
Perche’ lui cosi’ innocente
Spento, una rosa a Dicembre
Perso, adesso e per sempre

Why one so young and tender
Crushed like a rose in December
Lost forever and ever

(Daughter)
Io ci saro’ quando tu chiamerai
Giu’ da una stella
Su un‘ala dall’alto del cielo
Volero’
Ma ora non piangere

I will be there when your heart calls on me
Down from a star, on a cloud
From the highest heaven
I will fly
Now don’t you cry

>>Lyrics with the translations :
1. Canto
2. Una Sola Voce
3. Wayward Lover
4. Parole Per Mio Padre
5. Dea Speranza
6. The Last Dance
7. Mala Luna
8. Joli Coeur
9. Il Viaggio
10. Una Rosa A Dicembre
11. The Last Days Of Summer
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