TESTO DEL LIED

"Ere the moon begins to rise"
di Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

Ere the moon begins to rise
Or a star to shine,
All the bluebells close their eyes;
So close thine,
Thine, dear, thine;
Sleep, love, sleep,
Slumber deep;
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
So sleep.
Birds are sleeping in the nest,
On the swaying bough;
Thus, against the mother's breast,
So sleep thou,
So sleep thou,
Sleep,
So sleep;
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
So sleep.