emanuela: Many thanks for...

una crescente, gobba a ponente
luna calante, gobba a levante...

I heard this expression about 35 years ago--one time. I regretted weeks later not having written it down. Over the years I have kept an eye open in hopes that it would one day fall my way again. Today it has fallen with a sweet cadence. I probably would have posed the question here on the WAD board, but you've come through serendipitously.

How do you pronounce it? If you have a moment to spell it out, I would be very grateful. I'll go ahead and take a jab at it, and mebbe you could correct where needed, hopefully not every single syllable: (ay = long a)

OON-ah cray-CHAYN-tay, GAHB-bah ah poh-NAYN-tay
LOO-nah cah-LAHN-tay, GAHB-bah ah lay-VAHN-tay

Best regards,
MM MezzaMoon, WW upside-down