Name: Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (Pastorale Di Natale)
Duration: P00H02M52S
Description: Words to this old shepherd's tune, or pastorale, were written by Pius IX while he was Pope (1846-1878). It's one of Italy's best known seasonal anthems, and it's universally associated with the zampognari, or bagpipers. Here it is sung in a southern Italian dialect. [DtD thanks Luigi Monge for contributing to this annotation.]

Pasquale Feis - Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (Pastorale Di Natale)

from Where Will You Be Christmas Day? by Various Artists

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Words to this old shepherd's tune, or pastorale, were written by Pius IX while he was Pope (1846-1878). It's one of Italy's best known seasonal anthems, and it's universally associated with the zampognari, or bagpipers. Here it is sung in a southern Italian dialect. [DtD thanks Luigi Monge for contributing to this annotation.]

lyrics

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 tremar.
O Dio beato,
Ahi, quanto ti costò l'avermi amato!
Ah, quanto ti costò l'avermi amato!

E Tu che sei del mondo il Creatore,
Mancaron panni e fuoco o mio Signore
Mancaron panni e fuoco o mio Signore

Caro eletto pargoletto quanto questa povertà
Più m'innamora,
Giacché ti fece amor pover ancora,
Giacché ti fece amor pover ancora.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

O King of Heaven! from starry throne descending,
Thou takest refuge in that wretched cave:
O God of bliss! I see Thee cold and trembling.
What pain it cost Thee fallen man to save!

Thou, of a thousand worlds the great Creator,
Dost now the pain of cold and want endure;
Thy poverty but makes Thee more endearing,
For well I know 'tis love has made Thee poor.

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from Where Will You Be Christmas Day?, released October 12, 2004
by Pasquale Feis
Vocal with zampogna (bagpipe) and ciaramella (reed pipe).
New York City, June 1917.

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