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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 |

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