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Belove, a very beautiful song for children , to sing all together, on Christmas time...
"Tu scendi dalle stelle" (You come down from the stars) is the most important and traditional Italian Christmas song.
Written in 1754 by the priest Alfonso Maria de Liguori, then, perhaps because of this song became a saint.
It 'a kind of lullaby that describes the birth of baby Jesus, who, precisely, 'descend from the stars'.
The song was in the beginning in the language of Naples and just in time became an integral part of the Italian Christmas tradition.
The Italian Christmas carols which today are present in the Italian culture are taken mostly from other traditions, from the famous 'White Christmas' to French 'Adeste Fidelis'.
Why are there so excited Christmas songs, particularly this? When we hear songs like 'You come down from the stars' after all this time, a song written for a child, for an audience of children and sung by children, that's a thrill it gets on your back, a strong emotion, anxiety a childhood that is gone and never comes back, it swells my eyes with tears.
Here is a beautiful version of the most famous Italian Christmas song: "Tu scendi dalle stelle" (You come down from the stars), with words translated into English:
Lyrics Tu scendi dalle stelle:
- Tu scendi dalle stelle o Re del cielo,
- e vieni in una grotta al freddo e al gelo,
- e vieni in una grotta al freddo e al gelo.
- O Bambino mio divino, io ti vedo qui a tremar.
- O Dio beato!
- Ah! Quanto ti costò l'avermi amato.
- Ah! Quanto ti costò l'avermi amato.
- A te che sei del mondo il Creatore,
- mancano i panni e il fuoco, o mio Signore.
- Mancano i panni e il fuoco, o mio Signore.
- Caro eletto pargoletto, quanta questa povertà
- più mi innamora, giacchè ti fece amor povero ancora.
- Giacchè ti fece amor povero ancora.
- Tu lasci del tuo Padre il divin seno,
- per venire a tremar su questo fieno;
- per venire a tremar su questo fieno.
- Caro eletto del mio petto, dove amor ti trasportò!
- O Gesù mio, perchè tanto patir, per amor mio...
Lyrics translated tu Scendi dalle stelle (You come down from the stars):
- Oh, King of Heavens,
- And You come in a cave
- in the cold, in the frost,
- And You come in a cave
- in the cold, in the frost.
- Oh, my Divine Baby
- I see you trembling here,
- Oh, Blessed God
- Ah, how much it costs You,
- Your loving me.
- Ah, how much it costs You,
- Your loving me.
- For You, who are for all the world
- The creator,
- No clothes and fire,
- Oh, my Lord,
- No clothes and fire,
- Oh, my Lord.
- Dear chosen one, little infant,
- This dire poverty,
- Makes me love You more,
- Since Love made You
- poor now,
- Since Love made You
- poor now.
Here others Italian' Christmas songs
