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Luigi Arditi (16 July 1822 -- 1 May 1903) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. He began his career as a violinist and trained in Milan, later settling in London. He was well known as a composer of operas, almost all of which have fallen into obscurity. He is still remembered today as the composer of the Waltz Song, Il Bacio.

Il Bacio (The Kiss) was written as a waltz song, and is one of the few works Arditi is remembered for today. The music was set to the text of a poem by Gottardo Aldighieri, whom the song is dedicated to. This is a transcription of the song into a Valse Brillante for piano.

Kiss me, my lover, kiss me,
Let me hold you in sweet love's embrace,
Let me press your lips to mine.
Love, I'm burning to tell you secrets of love.
Forever and ever, close beside you,
I would whisper that I love you, pleading for one more caress.
Then, I would tenderly hear your heartbeats confess.
I have no desire for diamonds or jewels
because love is all that I need to capture my heart.
Oh, my sweetheart, one little kiss, my treasure.
Come here and kiss me.

(Translated from Italian from a poem by Gottardo Aldighieri)

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