“Tu scendi dalle stelle” is definitely the most traditional Italian Christmas song. If you had an italian grandma, you know this song: she sang it for you when you were a child! This is the first Christmas song that Italian children learn and sing at Christmas time. Maybe not everyone knows that this is a very old song: original lyrics and melody were written in 1744 by Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori a bishop from Napoli. Tu scendi dalle stelle, O Re del Cielo, e vieni in una grotta, al freddo al gelo. O Bambino mio Divino Io ti vedo qui a tremar, O Dio Beato Ahi, quanto ti costò l’avermi amato! A te, che sei del mondo il Creatore, mancano panni e fuoco; O mio Signore! Caro eletto Pargoletto, Quanto questa povertà più mi innamora! Giacché ti fece amor povero ancora! From starry skies descending, Thou comest, glorious King, A manger low Thy bed, In winter’s icy sting; O my dearest Child most holy, Shudd’ring, trembling in the cold! Great God, Thou lovest me! What suff’ring Thou didst bear, That I near Thee might be! Thou art the world’s Creator, God’s own and true Word, Yet here no robe, no fire For Thee, Divine Lord. Dearest, fairest, sweetest Infant, Dire this state of poverty. The more I care for Thee, Since Thou, o Love Divine, Will’st now so poor to be
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:03:41 +0000
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